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

Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail, but every day is a clean slate and a fresh opportunity.

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.

Self-knowledge makes 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.

Getting control of stuff makes people feel like they have more control over their lives - maybe irrationally, but it's one of these psychological truths.

Happiness comes not from having more, not from having less, but from wanting what you have.