To eke out the most happiness from an experience, we must anticipate it, savor it as it unfolds, express happiness, and recall a happy memory.

Look for happiness under your own roof.

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.

We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period.

I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn't sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time - but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was "productive." Time spent with my family and friends was never wasted.

He is my fate. He's my soul mate. He pervades my whole existence. So, of course, I often ignore him.

Now that I've relinquished my fantasies of all the people I wish I could be, and stopped feeling guilty about not going to the opera or pretending that I want to attend a foreign policy lecture, I have more time for the things that I truly enjoy.