Only bad things happen quickly, . . . Virtually all the happiness-produ cing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life's primary virtues.

Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.

Life's two most important questions are Why? and Why not? The trick is knowing which one to ask.

We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger

Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.

Money cannot buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.

Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.