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Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "We are happy when we have family, we are happy when we have friends and almost all the other things we think make us happy are actually just ways of getting more family and friends."

We are happy when we have family, we are happy when we have friends and almost all the other things we think make us happy are actually just ways of getting more family and friends.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "The brain and the eye may have a contractual relationship in which the brain has agreed to believe what the eye sees, but in return the eye has agreed to look for what the brain wants."

The brain and the eye may have a contractual relationship in which the brain has agreed to believe what the eye sees, but in return the eye has agreed to look for what the brain wants.




Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "People are happiest when they're trying to achieve goals that are difficult but not out of reach."

People are happiest when they're trying to achieve goals that are difficult but not out of reach.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end."

People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end.




Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "The good news is that going blind is not going to make you as unhappy as you think it will. The bad news is that winning the lottery will not make you as happy as you expect."

The good news is that going blind is not going to make you as unhappy as you think it will. The bad news is that winning the lottery will not make you as happy as you expect.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants."

Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it."

The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.




Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Happiness refers to feelings, virtue refers to actions, and those actions can cause those feelings. But not necessarily and not exclusively."

Happiness refers to feelings, virtue refers to actions, and those actions can cause those feelings. But not necessarily and not exclusively.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "We treat our future selves as though they were our children, spending most of the hours of most of our days constructing tomorrows that we hope will make them happy"

We treat our future selves as though they were our children, spending most of the hours of most of our days constructing tomorrows that we hope will make them happy



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "If you are like most people, then like most people, you don't know you're like most people."

If you are like most people, then like most people, you don't know you're like most people.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished."

Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "My friends tell me that I have a tendency to point out problems without offering solutions, but they never tell me what I should do about it."

My friends tell me that I have a tendency to point out problems without offering solutions, but they never tell me what I should do about it.




Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "The fact that we often judge the pleasure of an experience by its ending can cause us to make some curious choices."

The fact that we often judge the pleasure of an experience by its ending can cause us to make some curious choices.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "The word happiness is used to indicate at least three related things, which we might roughly call emotional happiness, moral happiness, and judgmental happiness."

The word happiness is used to indicate at least three related things, which we might roughly call emotional happiness, moral happiness, and judgmental happiness.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Impact is rewarding. Mattering makes us happy."

Impact is rewarding. Mattering makes us happy.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Daniel Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know. The organized Mind is smart, important, and, as always, exquisitely written."

Daniel Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know. The organized Mind is smart, important, and, as always, exquisitely written.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "The price we pay for our irresponsible explanatory urge is that we often spoil our most pleasant experiences by making good sense of them."

The price we pay for our irresponsible explanatory urge is that we often spoil our most pleasant experiences by making good sense of them.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness. But in both cases, money does it."

The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness. But in both cases, money does it.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Alas, we think of ourselves as unique entities-minds unlike any others-and thus we often reject the lessons that the emotional experience of others has to teach us."

Alas, we think of ourselves as unique entities-minds unlike any others-and thus we often reject the lessons that the emotional experience of others has to teach us.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "The eye and brain are conspirators, and, like most conspiracies, theirs is negotiated behind closed doors, in the back room, outside of our awareness."

The eye and brain are conspirators, and, like most conspiracies, theirs is negotiated behind closed doors, in the back room, outside of our awareness.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "The truth is, bad things don't affect us as profoundly as we expect them to. That's true of good things, too. We adapt very quickly to either."

The truth is, bad things don't affect us as profoundly as we expect them to. That's true of good things, too. We adapt very quickly to either.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "To learn from experience, we must remember it, and, for a variety of reasons, memory is a faithless friend."

To learn from experience, we must remember it, and, for a variety of reasons, memory is a faithless friend.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "We don't believe other people's experiences can tell us all that much about our own. I think this is an illusion of uniqueness."

We don't believe other people's experiences can tell us all that much about our own. I think this is an illusion of uniqueness.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Humans react to danger when it is immediate, immoral, visible... Global warming does not press any of those buttons."

Humans react to danger when it is immediate, immoral, visible... Global warming does not press any of those buttons.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Most of us appear to believe that we are more athletic, intelligent, organized, ethical, logical, interesting, open-minded, and healthy-not to mention more attractive-than the average person."

Most of us appear to believe that we are more athletic, intelligent, organized, ethical, logical, interesting, open-minded, and healthy-not to mention more attractive-than the average person.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches."

Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Variety improves the things that we do too often, but it rules the things that we don't do often enough."

Variety improves the things that we do too often, but it rules the things that we don't do often enough.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Psychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage."

Psychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "We humans can look deep into future and predict what will happen, but then turn around and do nothing about it."

We humans can look deep into future and predict what will happen, but then turn around and do nothing about it.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Is happiness really the only thing we should be aiming for?"

Is happiness really the only thing we should be aiming for?



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Global warming is a deadly threat precisely because it fails to trip the brain's alarm, leaving us soundly asleep in a burning bed."

Global warming is a deadly threat precisely because it fails to trip the brain's alarm, leaving us soundly asleep in a burning bed.



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "Perceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artist’s hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed"

Perceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artist’s hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed



Daniel Gilbert Quotes: "There are many good things about getting older, but no one knows what they are."

There are many good things about getting older, but no one knows what they are.