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Daniel Gilbert is a renowned psychologist, born on November 5, 1957. He is a professor at Harvard University, focusing on the fields of emotion, cognition, and decision-making. His research has had a profound impact on psychology, economics, and sociology.

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“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished. The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and as temporary as all the people you’re ever been. The one constant in our lives is change.”

People Thinking Life Humans Persons Life Is Change Human Beings Mistake Psychology Our Lives Progress Right Now Constant Finished Temporary Fleeting Transient Work In Progress

Author:Daniel Gilbert

“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.”

Thinking Winning News Blind Unhappy Good News Bad News Lottery Winning The Lottery

Author:Daniel Gilbert

“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.”

Thinking Way Family And Friends

Author:Daniel Gilbert

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

Thinking Humans Human Beings Progress Finished Work In Progress

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“Alas, we think of ourselves as unique entities-minds unlike any others-and thus we often reject the lessons that the emotional experience of others has to teach us.”

Thinking Mind Teach Emotional Lessons Unique Rejects Entity Alas

Book:Stumbling on Happiness

Source: Stumbling on Happiness

“We don't believe other people's experiences can tell us all that much about our own. I think this is an illusion of uniqueness.”

People Thinking Believe Illusion Don't Believe Uniqueness

Author:Daniel Gilbert

“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.”

People Thinking Two Differences Four Ice Cream Ice Cream Margins Peaches Smack Strawberries

Author:Daniel Gilbert

“I think good things are happening to me and will continue. I am not optimistic about the rest of the species, but I'm so blessed, it's almost scary. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I have a wildly sunny disposition. I love to laugh.”

Thinking Laughing Happenings Blessed Good Things Species Sorry Scary Optimistic I'm Sorry Disposition Sunny Disappoint Sunny Disposition

Author:Daniel Gilbert

“No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.”

Ifs Thinking Self Seems Courses Wonder Hell Strive Casts Likes Reasonable Our Future Glances Disparaging Future Self

Book:Stumbling on Happiness

Source: Stumbling on Happiness

About the Author

Born: November 5, 1957
Known for: Professor
Quotes: 65

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