It turns out that the process of working toward a goal, participating in a valued and challenging activity, is as important to well-being as its attainment.

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

Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic.

I use the term happiness to refer to the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one's life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.

Women’s magazines will often ask me things like, 'All right, I need six five-minute happiness strategies.' And I say, well, there aren’t any five-minute happiness strategies. This is something you have to do kind of every day for the rest of your life. Just like if you want to raise moral children or if you want to advance in your career. It’s a goal you pursue your whole life.

Last but not least, the happiest people do have their share of stresses, crises, and even tragedies. They may become just as distressed and emotional in such circumstances as you or I, but their secret weapon is the poise and strength they show in coping in the face of challenge.

It turns out that the process of working toward a goal, participating in a valued and challenging activity, is as important to well-being as its attainment.