Life Lessons We Usually Learn Too Late in Life

In judging other people, we need to pay attention not to what they promise but to how they behave.

Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.

The three components of happiness are:
* Something to do
* Someone to love
* Something to look forward to

We love someone when the importance of his or her needs and desires rises to the level of our own.

Only bad things happen quickly. All the happiness-producing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life’s primary virtues.

Nearly every human action is in some way an expression of how we think about ourselves.

Nothing is so beautiful as a promise, right after it is given.