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“By mindfully choosing our habits, we harness the power of mindlessness as a sweeping force for serenity, energy, and growth.”
― Gretchen Rubin, Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life

“The tree with pagan roots continues to accept grafts.”
― The New Yorker, Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

“Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have enormously greater opportunities to have a good time, yet there is no indication that we actually enjoy life more than our ancestors did. Opportunities alone, however, are not enough. We also need the skills to make use of them.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

“Of all the strife in the world—strife of every imaginable variety, from conflict over crumb cake to conflict in the Middle East—a staggering amount of it arises from the clash of mutually incompatible, entirely unshakable feelings of rightness.”
― Kathryn Schulz, Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error