The human mind is designed to seek out and find evidence that confirms what it already believes.

人类的心灵被设计来寻找并发现证实其已有信念的证据。

You can't change your elephant by direct force, but you can train it over time.

你不能通过直接的力量改变你的大象，但你可以随着时间的推移训练它。

The most important principle of positive psychology is that other people matter.

积极心理学最重要的原则是：他人很重要。

People are mostly shaped by their genes and their environment, but within those constraints, they have some freedom to choose their own path.

人大多由基因和环境塑造，但在这些限制之内，他们有一定的自由选择自己的道路。

The elephant is where the action is. The rider is there to serve the elephant.

大象才是行动的所在。骑手的存在是为了服务大象。

We are all self-righteous hypocrites.

我们都是自以为是的伪君子。

Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.

道德既束缚又蒙蔽。它将我们束缚在意识形态团队中，彼此争斗，仿佛世界的命运取决于我们一方赢得每一场战斗。它使我们看不到每个团队都是由有重要意见的好人组成的事实。

The human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor.

人类的心灵是一个故事处理器，而不是逻辑处理器。

Happiness comes from between. It is not something that you can find, acquire, or achieve directly. You have to get the conditions right and then wait.

幸福来自之间。它不是你可以直接找到、获得或实现的东西。你必须创造合适的条件，然后等待。

The mind is divided into parts that sometimes conflict. Like a rider on the back of an elephant, the conscious, reasoning part of the mind has only limited control over the automatic, emotional part.

心灵分为有时会相互冲突的部分。就像骑在大象背上的骑手，意识、推理的心灵部分对自动、情感的部分只有有限的控制。