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“In short, if we adhere to the standard of perfection in all our endeavors, we are left with nothing but mathematics and the White Album.”
― Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness

“When we imagine future circumstances, we fill in details that won’t really come to pass and leave out details that will. When we imagine future feelings, we find it impossible to ignore what we are feeling now and impossible to recognize how we will think about the things that happen later.”
― Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness

“anticipating unpleasant events can minimize their impact.”
― Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness

“The human being is the only animal that thinks about the future.”
― Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness: An insightful neuroscience self-help psychology book on cognitive enhancement and human behavior