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Mindset doesn't just change how we feel about an experience--it actually changes the objective results of the experience.

The Happiness Advantage - Shawn Achor

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"Reality" is merely our brain's relative understanding of the world based on where and how we are observing it.

The Happiness Advantage - Shawn Achor

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The pursuit of love and the pursuit of wealth have much in common. Both have the potential to inspire, motivate, uplift, and kill.

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia - Mohsin Hamid

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All I do when we’re apart is think about you, and all I do when we’re together is panic. Because every second feels so important. And because I’m so out of control, I can’t help myself. I’m not even mine anymore, I’m yours, and what if you decide that you don’t want me? How could you want me like I want you?

Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell

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Art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.

Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell

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Everything true was too hard to write.

Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell

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Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change; it is the realization that we can.

The Happiness Advantage - Shawn Achor

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Brilliant people sometimes do the most unintelligent thing possible.

The Happiness Advantage - Shawn Achor

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How much our interpretation of reality changes our experience of that reality.

The Happiness Advantage - Shawn Achor

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You can't erase what you know. You can't forget who you are.

The House on the Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros

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Sky can keep you safe when you are sad.

The House on the Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros

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I am convinced that most people do not grow up... I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias.

Letter to My Daughter - Maya Angelou

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I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and dragons of home under one’s skin.

Letter to My Daughter - Maya Angelou

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Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.

Letter to My Daughter - Maya Angelou

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Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.

Letter to My Daughter - Maya Angelou

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Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

Letter to My Daughter - Maya Angelou

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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

Letter to My Daughter - Maya Angelou