Our beliefs do not sit passively in our brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world.

Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods. Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving.

Lucky people create, notice and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives. Being in the right place at the right time is actually all about being in the right state of mind.

The concept of luck is very straightforward. Some people notice opportunities and others don't.

Lucky people create, notice, and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives.

We are far more like somebody watching ourselves than somebody in charge of ourselves.

Happiness doesn't just flow from success; it actually causes it.

Hugely enjoyable and insightfulGosling has produced the perfect combination of rigorous research and lightness of prose to create a book that will transform every reader into a super snooper.

I agree that by the standards of any other area of science that remote viewing is proven.

Because remote viewing is such an outlandish claim that will revolutionise the world, we need overwhelming evidence before we draw any conclusions. Right now we don't have that evidence.

When people can afford necessities in life, an increase in income dones not result in a significantly happier life.

If you're scared, do something.

Music is breath of life.

Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor Moscow.

Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it.

The best audience is one that is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness.

When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.

It takes people a while to trust you.

Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange.

Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace. A lot of people are frightened because, when it appears, it demolishes all the old things it finds in its path.