If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

If you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe.

Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.

It's nonsense to say money doesn't buy happiness, but people exaggerate the extent to which more money can buy more happiness.

I'm not a great believer in self-help.

People who face a difficult question often answer an easier one instead, without realizing it.

You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly tired a lot of the time, and they wish they were somewhere else a substantial part of the time - but mostly they're mildly pleased.