It is equally important to investigate wellness as it is to study misery.

It is equally important to investigate wellness as it is to study misery.

The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed.

If we observe genuinely happy people, we shall find that they do not just sit around being contented. They make things happen. They pursue new understandings, seek new achievements, and control their thoughts and feelings. In sum, our intentional, effortful activities have a powerful effect on how happy we are, over and above the effects of our set points and the circumstances in which we find themselves. If an unhappy person wants to experience interest, enthusiasm, contentment, peace, and joy, he or she can make it happen by learning the habits of a happy person.

I prefer to think of the creation or construction of happiness, because research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves.

Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not out there is that it's inside us.

In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life.