Jonathan Haidt quotes

Jonathan Haidt is a renowned psychologist, author, and social scientist known for his research on moral psychology and political psychology. He is the author of several bestselling books, including "The Righteous Mind" and "The Coddling of the American Mind." Haidt is a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business and a co-founder of the Heterodox Academy, an organization dedicated to promoting viewpoint diversity in academia. His work has been widely acclaimed for its insights into human behavior and the causes of political polarization. Learn more about Jonathan Haidt and his groundbreaking research today.

Happiness is not something that you can find, acquire, or achieve directly. You have to get the conditions right and then wait. Some of those conditions are within you, such as coherence among the parts and levels of your personality. Other conditions require relationships to things beyond you: Just as plants need sun, water, and good soil to thrive, people need love, work, and a connection to something larger. It is worth striving to get the right relationships between yourself and others, between yourself and your work, and between yourself and something larger than yourself. If you get these relationships right, a sense of purpose and meaning will emerge.

- Jonathan Haidt