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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

Topics: Happiness Knowing Like Secret Spices The Secret Of Use Variety

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I think good things are happening to me and will continue. I am not optimistic about the rest of the species, but I'm so blessed, it's almost scary. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I have a wildly sunny disposition. I love to laugh.

~Daniel Gilbert

Topics: About Almost Am Blessed Continue Disappoint Disposition Good Good Things Happening Laugh Love Me Optimistic Rest Scary Sorry Species Sunny Things Think Wildly Will You I Think I Am I Love

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The mistakes we make when we try to imagine our personal futures are also lawful, regular, and systematic. They, too, have a pattern that tells us about the powers and limits of foresight in much the same way that optical illusions tell us about the powers and limits of eyesight.

~Daniel Gilbert

Topics: About Also Eyesight Foresight Futures Illusions Imagine Lawful Limits Make Mistakes Much Optical Our Pattern Personal Powers Regular Same Systematic Tell Tells Too Try Us Way

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Your emotions are meant to fluctuate, just like your blood pressure is meant to fluctuate. It's a system that's supposed to move back and forth, between happy and unhappy. That's how the system guides you through the world.

~Daniel Gilbert

Topics: Back Between Blood Blood Pressure Emotions Forth Guides Happy How Just Like Meant Move Pressure Supposed System Through Unhappy World You Your

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Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that's the worst thing about the new car. It will stay around to disappoint you, whereas a trip to Europe is over. It evaporates. It has the good sense to go away, and you are left with nothing but a wonderful memory.

~Daniel Gilbert

Topics: About Around Away Because Believes Better Car Disappoint Europe Evaporates Fact Go Go Away Good Good Sense In Fact Lasts Left Longer Memory New New Car Nothing Over Over It Part Sense Stay Thing Trip Us Whereas Will Wonderful Worst Worst Thing You

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I actually think the same things do make most people happy. The differences are extremely small, and around the margins. You like peach ice cream; I like strawberry ice cream. Both of us like ice cream much better than a smack on the head with two-by-four.

~Daniel Gilbert

Topics: Actually Around Better Both Cream Differences Extremely Happy Head Ice Ice Cream Like Make Margins Most Much Peach People Same Same Things Smack Small Than Things Think Us You

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I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful wife, brilliant students, the best job anyone could hope for, and about half of my hair. Not the half I would have kept, but no one consulted me.

~Daniel Gilbert

Topics: About Anyone Best Brilliant Could Everything Gorgeous Granddaughter Hair Half Hope Job Kept Life Me Possibly Students Want Wife Wonderful Would

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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

Topics: Both Buy Cases Data Does Happiness Little Little Money Lot Money More Poor Rich Says You

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No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.

~Daniel Gilbert

Topics: Avoid Backward Cast Course Criticized Future Glance Happy Hell Likes Make Our Reasonable Seems Selves Somewhat Strive Successfully Them Then Things Thinking Were Wonder

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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

Topics: Adapt Affect Bad Bad Things Either Expect Good Good Things Profoundly Quickly Them Things Too True Truth Truth Is Us Very

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: November 5th, 1957

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