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Book cover for The Joy You Make: Find the Silver Linings--Even on Your Darkest Days
Shekar Mahalingam, an entrepreneur studying psychology, writes in his essay “The Joy of Writing,” how penning a letter “seemed a drudgery done with a lifeless ballpoint pen” or, even more to the point, “bereft of joy.” How he longed “for ...more
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Friedrich Nietzsche
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
Friedrich Nietzsche

Abraham Lincoln
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
Abraham Lincoln

Frank Zappa
“So many books, so little time.”
Frank Zappa

Allen Saunders
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
Allen Saunders

Maurice Switzer
“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

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