Highlights from a blog post by Morgan Housel:

“The purpose of life is to experience things for which you will later experience nostalgia.” – FedSpeak

“Write your obituary, then work backwards to live it.” – Buffett

“The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.” – Ernest Dimnet

“Injuries done to us by others tend to be acute; the self-inflicted ones tend to be chronic.” – Nassim Taleb

“People might refuse to believe something even if it can help them live a little longer, if believing it will make them live a lot sadder.” – Cass Sunstein