Jonathan Haidt Quotes

The best path to happiness is learning to change as rapidly as life does.

People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t

Happiness is not the shallow state of feeling pleased and chipper all the time. Happiness is the state of a human being that has achieved cross-level coherence within herself, and between herself and the people, challenges, and institutions around her. Happiness comes from between.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

People change, but only if you give them room to do it.

I'm trying to just go with the flow and learn from the people around me.

I thought I never wanted to be on TV. I was dead wrong. I'm almost always dead wrong about the things I think I want, vs. when I just go with the flow, I'm always happy where I end up.

Many people come to reinvention when life changes around them, but people come in all different stripes. I'm oriented to change.

If the individual is to be happy in the contemporary order, he must be open-minded with respect to new values and new arrangements.

I would say that being open to new things is kind of vital in this line of work, if not all lines of work, and being prepared to embrace the challenge of the new thing is something I want in my life until the day it's over.

It's possible to change.

We women, we're always being invited to change our hairstyle, change our clothes, change our wardrobes. It's also important for us to remember as we age to keep changing the way we think of the world. I'm not saying to be flaky at all; but rather than being rigid about something, stay open and available.

I have grown a lot in this area, but I used to be quite rigid and found it difficult to accept change.

My husband and my son are both such positive-thinking optimists. Together, they've succeeded in making me a bit like them. I am looking at the brighter side of life and enjoying this phase of my life the most.

Never assume that you're stuck with the way things are. Life changes, and so can you.

In order to be successful, I had to be willing to grow and change to become whoever I needed to be.

Basically, we are all different and we all have something to learn and it doesn't mean people need to change who you are but one should be open to new things and, above all, tolerance and understanding are essential for growth and happiness.

People feel happier when they feel like they're progressing. When they feel like something in their life is growing or getting better.

Honestly, my goals shift and change, as I move along.

I try to give myself permission to be a work-in-progress and not have everything figured out at once. It's more manageable and takes some of the pressure off of feeling like I have to have everything right all the time.

Life is so much easier when I allow myself to be myself and go with the flow.

He told me that one of the reasons people are so unhappy is they don't talk to themselves. He said you have to keep a conversation going with yourself throughout your life to see how you're doing, to keep your focus, to remain your own friend. He told me that he talked to himself all the time, and that it helped him to grow stronger and better everyday.

Work has enhanced and certainly supported my feelings toward myself, because it's been a reflection of goals I've set. But if you're not happy with yourself on the inside, then what does it matter?

Never stop learning and adapting. The world will always be changing. If you limit yourself to what you knew and what you were comfortable with earlier in your life, you will grow increasingly frustrated with your surroundings as you age.

Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it's the realization that we can.