Daniel Levitin Has More Insights Per Page

In Short, If We Adhere To The Standard Of Perfection In All Our Endeavors, We Are Left With Nothing But Mathematics And The White Album.

To Ensure That Our Views Are Credible, Our Brain Accepts What Our Eye Sees. To Ensure That Our Views Are Positive, Our Eye Looks For What Our Brain Wants. The Conspiracy Between These Two Servants Allows Us To Live At The Fulcrum Of Stark Reality And Comforting Illusion.

The Secret Of Happiness Is Variety, But The Secret Of Variety, Like The Secret Of All Spices, Is Knowing When To Use It.

Our Inability To Recall How We Really Felt Is Why Our Wealth Of Experiences Turns Out To Be Poverty Of Riches.

I Actually Think The Same Things Do Make Most People Happy. The Differences Are Extremely Small, And Around The Margins. You Like Peach Ice Cream; I Like Strawberry Ice Cream. Both Of Us Like Ice Cream Much Better Than A Smack On The Head With Two-by-four.