Gretchen Rubin Quotes About Belief

Quotes about: Belief

• People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their behavior out of reason, in a way that animals can’t do.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Animal, Past, People

  "Don’t Train Yourself Like a Dog" by Gretchen Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 20, 2012.

• The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Happiness, Selfish, Discipline

• Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outcome, when there's no logical connection between them. Most of us aren't superstitious - but most of us are a 'littlestitious.'

  Gretchen Rubin

  Connections, Outcomes, Superstitions

• The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Selfish, Discipline, Generosity

• In general, religious people seem to be happier than non-religious people - under various definitions of "religiosity," such as church attendance or professed spiritual beliefs.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Spiritual, Religious, People

  "Slate Discussion: The Happiness Project". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.slate.com. January 15, 2009.

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