“I often learn more from one person's highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do from sources that detail universal practices or cite up-to-date… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Feelings follow actions. If I'm feeling low, I deliberately act cheery, and I find myself actually feeling happier. If I'm feeling angry… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Happiness can seem like an abstract, transcendent notion, but in fact, I found that getting enough sleep (very important!!), getting exercise, not… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
The First Splendid Truth: To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
If I can do something in less than one minute, I don't let myself procrastinate. I hang up my coat, put newspapers… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
To eke out the most happiness from an experience, we must anticipate it, savor it as it unfolds, express happiness, and recall… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
For quotes, I have one document for general quotes; the other for happiness-related quotes, which I use for the 'Moment of Happiness,'… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
One thing that makes me very happy is to have a complicated idea and to feel that I've expressed myself clearly. I… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“Epicurus wrote, “We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“In fact, in what’s known as “rosy prospection,” anticipation of happiness is sometimes greater than the happiness actually experienced.” — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“Another study suggested that getting one extra hour of sleep each night would do more for a person's happiness than getting a… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“Because money permits a constant stream of luxuries and indulgences, it can take away their savor, and by permitting instant gratification, money… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“Accept myself, and expect more of myself. Give myself limits to give myself freedom. Make people happier by acknowledging that they’re not… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“Although I’d initially underrated its value, the true significance of the fourth element—the atmosphere of growth—had become clearer to me over time.… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
In 'Happier at Home,' I write a lot about my struggle to create an unhurried atmosphere at home. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Like most people, I have several pet subjects - that may or may not be interesting to other people. Don't get me… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity,… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think it's easier to think about being happier, for what ever that means to you then worrying about what is… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“Second Splendid Truth One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“one Secret of Adulthood is “Never start a sentence with the words ‘No offense’”? “And” — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we ACT because of the way we FEEL, we often FEEL… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
We all want to get along well with other people, and one way to do this is to help people feel good about themselves.… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
During my study of happiness, I noticed something that surprised me: I often learn more from one person's highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“There are times in the lives of most of us,” observed William Edward Hartpole Lecky, “when we would have given all the world to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“I started thinking more about music. I thought I'd accepted the fact that, as part of "Being Gretchen," I didn't really like music, but… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“The pleasure of doing the same thing, in the same way, every day, shouldn't be overlooked. The things I do every day take on… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
