The Fundamentalist Religions simply seem to offer more hope for a brighter future than do the more liberal, humanistic ones.

When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day.

Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.

One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Those were at opposite ends of a continuum. I believe that you can be suffering or have a mental illness and be happy - just not in the same moment that you're sad.

To be a virtuous person is to display, by acts of will, all or at least most of the six ubiquitous virtues: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence.

By activating an expansive, tolerant, and creative mindset, positive feelings maximize the social, intellectual, and physical benefits that will accrue.

The Fundamentalist Religions simply seem to offer more hope for a brighter future than do the more liberal, humanistic ones.