“Second Splendid Truth One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best… — Gretchen Rubin Happiness Copy Share Image
Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self. — Gretchen Rubin Admire 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… — Gretchen Rubin Complaining 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… — Gretchen Rubin Feelings 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… — Gretchen Rubin About 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… — Gretchen Rubin Cite 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… — Gretchen Rubin Abundance 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… — Gretchen Rubin Life 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… — Gretchen Rubin Music Copy Share Image
If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter. — Gretchen Rubin Clutter 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… — Gretchen Rubin Beauty Copy Share Image
Although we often assume that feelings inspire actions, in fact, actions also inspire feelings. By pushing myself to act happier, I make… — Gretchen Rubin Act Copy Share Image
I love finding - or inventing - ways to categorize people. — Gretchen Rubin Categorize Copy Share Image
“After someone's death, how strange to see the value drain away from his or her possessions; useful objects such as clothes, or… — Gretchen Rubin Death Copy Share Image
One of my Secrets of Adulthood is: Most decisions don't require extensive research. — Gretchen Rubin Adulthood Copy Share Image
I'd always vaguely expected to outgrow my limitations. One day, I'd stop twisting my hair, and wearing running shoes all the time,… — Gretchen Rubin Always Copy Share Image
Don't keep excessive amounts of anything. Those glass vases that come from florists. Those ketchup packets that come with take-out food. A… — Gretchen Rubin Adult Copy Share Image
One of the great joys of falling in love is the feeling that the most extraordinary person in the entire world has… — Gretchen Rubin Chosen Copy Share Image
One major challenge within happiness is loneliness. The more I've learned about happiness, the more I've come to believe that loneliness is… — Gretchen Rubin About Copy Share Image
“On Three Ways of Writing for Children”: When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed… — Gretchen Rubin Books Copy Share Image
Reading makes me want to write my own books, and just trying to understand what I see in the world around me… — Gretchen Rubin Book Copy Share Image
Sometimes, counter-intuitively, it's easier to make a major change than a minor change. When a habit is changing very gradually, we may… — Gretchen Rubin Authentic happiness Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is more important than innate ability, it turns out, because the single more important element in developing an expertise is your… — Gretchen Rubin Ability Copy Share Image
I collect axioms, paradoxes, maxims, teaching stories, proverbs, and aphorisms of all sorts, because I love to see complex ideas distilled into… — Gretchen Rubin Aphorism Copy Share Image
