People are happiest when they're trying to achieve goals that are difficult but not out of reach.

People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

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.

The brain and the eye may have a contractual relationship in which the brain has agreed to believe what the eye sees, but in return the eye has agreed to look for what the brain wants.

People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end.

The good news is that going blind is not going to make you as unhappy as you think it will. The bad news is that winning the lottery will not make you as happy as you expect.

Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants.

The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.

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

Happiness refers to feelings, virtue refers to actions, and those actions can cause those feelings. But not necessarily and not exclusively.

Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished.

Pride in one's own race - and that does not imply contempt for other races - is ... a normal and healthy sentiment.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

It's not appealing to deal with countries that express hatred towards us.

Nordics deteriorate when mixed with other races.

When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.

If what you hear preached doesn't cause faith to come and build faith in your spirit, then it either isn't the Word of God or else you're not hearing it

Lynch mobs are democracies.

Knowledge of anatomy is a tool like good brushes.

Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the dark, and eat Army rations without complaint.

Train children to bear responsibility as you would train them to build muscle. Add what they can handle, then prepare them for more.