The pleasant life: a life that successfully pursues the positive emotions about the present, past, and future.

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.

Doing a kindness produces the single most reliable momentary increase in well-being of any exercise we have tested.

Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.

Habits of pessimism lead to depression, wither achievement, and undermine physical health. The good news is that pessimism can be unlearned, and that with its removal depression, underachievement, and poor health can be alleviated.

The pleasant life: a life that successfully pursues the positive emotions about the present, past, and future.

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