Does life need rules? The School of Life says that you should "know your insanity" and "accept your idiocy." But countless thinkers have tried and failed to convince us to follow rules before.
Eight rules promise wisdom and happiness

Glossary
Millennia - Thousands of years.
Perspective - An opinion, point of view or thought process of a person. Also, seeing things in their proper scale. Being able to tell what is big and what is small.
Resilience - The quality of toughness and flexibility that enables you to bounce back after setbacks.
Realism - The attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is; pragmatic.
In the grander scheme - The bigger picture. So that, when you put things in perspective, taking everything into account, sometimes what has previously been seen significant isn't quite significant.
Compatibility - When two people get on together without problems or conflict.
Aeons - An aeon is an indefinite and extremely long period of time.
Old Testament - The first part of the Christian Bible, and is mainly based on the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh).
Idolatry - The worship of idols or false gods.
Immanuel Kant - A German Enlightenment philosopher who is regarded as one of the most important thinkers of the modern era. He fundamentally changed the way we think about a variety of subjects, from aesthetics to cognition to morality.
MRI - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in healthcare to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body.
Altruism - A devotion to or selfless care for others.
Psyche - The soul, mind, or spirit.