Happiness Hypothesis Jonathan Haidt Quotes & Sayings

Their love was obvious and I hoped that one day Livvie and I could have what they did ... without the skinny jeans ... — C.J. Roberts

I'll suggest that the happiness hypothesis offered by Buddha and the Stoics should be amended: Happiness comes from within, and happiness comes from without. We need the guidance of both ancient wisdom and modern science to get the balance right. — Jonathan Haidt

Suddenly a mist of green on the trees, as quiet as thought. — Dorothy Richardson

A more promising hypothesis is that happiness comes from within and cannot be obtained by making the world conform to your desires. This idea was widespread in the ancient world: Buddha in India and the Stoic philosophers in ancient Greece and Rome all counseled people to break their emotional attachments to people and events, which are always unpredictable and uncontrollable, and to cultivate instead an attitude of acceptance. This ancient idea deserves respect, and it is certainly true that changing your mind is usually a more effective response to frustration than is changing the world. — Jonathan Haidt

Our lives are made up of: HAVE to-dos and WANT to-dos. The secret to being happy is having more of the latter. — Jenny Mounfield

After developing a primitive theory (1968) I therefore did not pursue this subject. However, the work was taken up by others and in 1974 the first experiments were done in the ISR. — Simon Van Der Meer

I will grab any opportunity I can to learn something new. — Lykke Li

Somewhere above this foul temple, crows danced with sparks above the mouth of a chimney, virtually unseen in the darkness. Each one carried a word, but the sparks were deaf. Too busy with the ecstasy of their own bright, blinding fire. At least, until they went out. — Steven Erikson