Daniel Kahneman

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

Nothing in life is quite as important as you think it is while you're thinking about it. ”

The experiencing self lives in the moment; it is the one that answers the question, 'Does it hurt?' or 'What were you thinking about just now?' The remembering self is the one that answers questions about the overall evaluation of episodes or periods of one's life, such as a stay in the hospital or the years since one left college. ”

I used to hold a unitary view, in which I proposed that only experienced happiness matters, and that life satisfaction is a fallible estimate of true happiness. ”

If people do not know what is going to make them better off or give them pleasure, then the idea that you can trust people to do what will give them pleasure becomes questionable. ”

People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being. ”

When you analyze happiness, it turns out that the way you spend your time is extremely important. ”

You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly tired a lot of the time, and they wish they were somewhere else a substantial part of the time - but mostly they're mildly pleased. ”

There is a huge wave of interest in happiness among researchers. There is a lot of happiness coaching. Everybody would like to make people happier. ”

If you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe. ”