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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe.

Freedom, Joy, Recipes, Life, Joyful, Individual

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Unless a person knows how to give order to her thoughts, attention will be attracted to whatever is most problematic at the moment.

Order, Giving, Attention, Unless, Person

Each of us is born with two contradictory sets of instructions: a conservative tendency, made up of instincts for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and saving energy, and an expansive tendency made up of instincts for exploring, for enjoying novelty and risk-the curiosity that leads to creativity belongs to this set. But whereas the first tendency requires little encouragement or support from outside to motivate behaviour, the second can wilt if not cultivated.

Encouragement, Creativity, Two, Belongs, Saving, Enjoying

Happiness does not simply happen to us. It's something that we make happen.

Doe, Happen, Happens, Happiness, Make, Simply

For original ideas to come about, you have to let them percolate under the level of consciousness in a place where we have no way to make them obey our own desires or our own direction. Their random combinations are driven by forces we don't know about.

Ideas, Intellectual, Intelligence, Consciousness, Percolate, Make

Find a way to express what moves you.

Moving, Expression, Way, Moves, Express

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Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.

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The thing I was beginning to figure out about Sam and Grace, the thing about Sam not being able to function without her, was that that sort of love only worked when you were sure both people would always be around for each other. If one half of the equation left, or died, or was slightly less perfect in their love, it became the most tragic, pathetic story invented, laughable in its absurdity. Without Grace, Sam was a joke without a punch line.

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