Happy at Last Quotes

“Procrastination is a way for us to be satisfied with second-rate results; we can always tell ourselves we'd have done a better job if only we had more time...If you're good at rationalizing, you can keep yourself feeling rather satisfied this way, but it's a cheap happy. You're whittling your expectations of yourself down lower and lower.”
― Richard O'Connor, Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy

“Across thirty-two cities worldwide, people in 2006 were walking an average 10 percent faster than they were in 1994.”
― Richard O'Connor, Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy

“We know that infant rats who receive more licking and grooming from their mothers are less fearful and more intelligent as adults, have better immune systems, and are more attentive mothers themselves.”
― Richard O'Connor, Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy