The Fact That We Often

If Someone Offered You A Pill That Would Make You Permanently Happy, You Would Be Well Advised To Run Fast And Run Far. Emotion Is A Compass That Tells Us What To Do, And A Compass That Perpetually Stuck On North Is Worthless.

We Are Happy When We Have Family, We Are Happy When We Have Friends And Almost All The Other Things We Think Make Us Happy Are Actually Just Ways Of Getting More Family And Friends.

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.

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.

What’s So Curious About Human Beings Is That We Can Look Deeply Into The Future, Foresee Disaster, And Still Do Nothing In The Present To Stop It. The Majority Of People On This Planet, They’re Overwhelmed With Concerns About Their Immediate Well Being.