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Stumbling on Happiness
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"Stumbling on Happiness" Quotes

"Stumbling on Happiness" explores the flaws in our ability to predict what will make us happy and offers insight into the complexities of human happiness.

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The human brain is a marvelously advanced, if slightly buggy, device.

Daniel Todd Gilbert

brainhuman nature

The essence of good decision making is not good luck; it is good thinking.

Daniel Todd Gilbert

decision makingluck

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 Todd Gilbert

futureself-care

The pursuit of happiness is a matter of choice; it is a positive attitude we consciously choose to express.

Daniel Todd Gilbert

happinesspositive attitude

We are the only species that thinks about the future.

Daniel Todd Gilbert

human naturefuture

The human being is the only animal that thinks about the future.

Daniel Todd Gilbert

human naturefuture

The brain's ability to imagine is the source of our most profound achievements.

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imaginationbrain

We are all time travelers, journeying together into the future.

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timefuture

The things that really matter are the things that matter to the person who really matters.

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importanceperspective

We do not remember experiences; we remember the last time we remembered the experiences.

Daniel Todd Gilbert

memoryexperience