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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.


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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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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



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.





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There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.



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But I guess you don't see the planets when you're staring at the sun. You just get blinded.



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I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene.



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I don't like to approach people that much. There's been times when I wanted to say something to somebody, in a quick moment, but didn't. Then you think, man, who knows?

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