A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise. - Daniel Kahneman

The mistake that people make in the focusing illusion involves attention to selected moments and neglect of what happens at other times. The mind is good with stories, but it does not appear to be well designed for the processing of time. During the last ten years we have learned many new facts about happiness. But we have also learned that the word happiness does not have a simple meaning and should not be used as if it does. Sometimes scientific progress leaves us more puzzled than we were before.

There's literally no difference between a physician recognizing a disease from a "facial expression", and a little child pointing to something and saying "doggie".

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.