In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life..

It turns out that the process of working toward a goal, participating in a valued and challenging activity, is as important to well-being as its atta….

The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed..

...The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic..

Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic..

It is equally important to investigate wellness as it is to study misery..

Women’s magazines will often ask me things like, 'All right, I need six five-minute happiness strategies.' And I say, well, there aren’t any five-min….

Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not out there is that it's inside us..

People prone to joyful anticipation, skilled at obtaining pleasure from looking forward and imagining future happy events, are especially likely to b….

The combination of rumination and negative mood is toxic. Research shows that people who ruminate while sad or distraught are likely to feel besieged….

If we observe genuinely happy people, we shall find that they do not just sit around being contented. They make things happen. They pursue new unders….

Last but not least, the happiest people do have their share of stresses, crises, and even tragedies. They may become just as distressed and emotional….

I use the term happiness to refer to the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one's life is good, meani….

Thus the key to happiness lies not in changing our genetic makeup (which is impossible) and not in changing our circumstances (i.e., seeking wealth o….

When we are fully mindful of the transience of things - an impending return home from an overseas adventure, a graduation, our child boarding the sch….

No one in our society needs to be told that exercise is good for us. Whether you are overweight or have a chronic illness or are a slim couch potato,….

All that is required to become an optimist is to have the goal and to practice it. The more you rehearse optimistic thoughts, the more 'natural' and ….

Exercise may very well be the most effective instant happiness booster of all activities..

If you're not happy today, then you won't be happy tomorrow unless you take things into your own hands and take action..

Every day you have to renew your commitment. Some of the strategies should become habitual over time and not a huge effort..

If we can accept as true that life circumstances are not the keys to happiness, we'll be greatly empowered to pursue happiness for ourselves..