Jonathan Haidt Quotes:
Ocupation: Psychologist
Life: b. October 19, 1963
Birthday: October 19
Suppose you read about a pill that you could take once a day to reduce anxiety and increase your contentment. Would you take it? Suppose further that the pill has a great variety of side effects, all of them good: increased self-esteem, empathy, and trust; it even improves memory. Suppose, finally, that the pill is all natural and costs nothing. Now would you take it? The pill exists. It is meditation.
source: Jonathan Haidt (2006). “The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom”, p.35, Basic Books
topic: Success, Memories, Self Esteem, Stress Relief, Spiritual Transformation, Side Effects, Supposing
