"...clicking the like button 1 billion times will never give you an orgasm or a hug or a high five....Get on, make the most meaningful information and connections, and then get offline. Then, live purposefully towards happiness."

"In our personal lives we tend to optimize for one of two things: input or output. Reading or writing. Consuming or creating. The environment we live in – the prevailing culture – by default is optimized for consumption."

"Writer and designer Graham Hill asks: Can having less stuff, in less room, lead to more happiness? He makes the case for taking up less space, and lays out three rules for editing your life."

"Action for Happiness is a movement of people committed to building a happier society. We want to see a fundamentally different way of life where people care less about what they can get for themselves and more about the happiness of others."

“I think this boils down to a philosophical question, rather than a psychological one,” says Gilovich. “Should you value moment-to-moment happiness more than retrospective evaluations of your life?” from New York Magazine.

"'The daily activity most injurious to happiness is commuting.'" from The Frontal Cortex.

The results of a new survey on satisfaction—at home and at work—may surprise you.