476 Quotes by Gretchen Rubin

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.

Nothing,' wrote Tolstoy, 'can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.

Any single happy experience may be amplified or minimized, depending on how much attention you give it.

Both money and health contribute to happiness mostly in the negative; the lack of them brings much more unhappiness than possessing them brings happiness.p 169

...arriving rarely makes you as happy as you anticipate.p 84

It turns out that stating a problem clearly often suggests its solution.p 32

Second Splendid TruthOne of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy.One of the best ways to make other people happy is to e happy yourself. p 147

As Michel de Montaigne observed, "The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced."p 233

Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle andan intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.