Look Again Quotes

“Many of us try to maximize happiness; many try to maximize meaning or purpose. But you may also try to achieve another aspect of life beyond happiness and meaning--variation. You may try to live a life with new experiences, new places, new people, and new perspectives, and thus with diversity in what you see and do”
― Tali Sharot, Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There

“Pleasure results from incomplete and intermittent satisfaction of desires.”
― Tali Sharot, Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There

“Perfect" is not a state people enjoy. . . . When we cannot learn, we get bored and unhappy. When change halts--when you stop learning and progressing--depression kicks in.”
― Tali Sharot, Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There

“The same neural principle that causes you to become desensitized to the smell of your own aftershave is also at work when you subconsciously believe repeated information. Neural processing is reduced in response to repeated stimuli. When it is effortless for you to process information because of repetition (i.e., less neural response), you are more likely to accept it as true. Effortless means there is no "surprise signal." You don't stop to ponder; you just accept.”
― Tali Sharot, Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There