Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change.

If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make me happy.

The thing that inspires me most is reading and just observing the people around me. I think those are the two things that make me want to write.

It's true that people do assume that people who are critical are smarter than people who are uncritical.

The First Splendid Truth: To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth.

Studies show that aggressively expressing anger doesn't relieve anger but amplifies it. On the other hand, not expressing anger often allows it to disappear without leaving ugly traces.

Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.