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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

by Tony Fadell

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Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte

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We find that, all along, we had what we needed from the beginning and that in the end we have returned to its essence, an essence we could not understand until we had experienced the actual heartbreak of the journey.

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“All change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.”
― Robin S. Sharma, The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.

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“And when a man becomes nothing, he instantly becomes Everything!”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

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“If you think about something as you are looking at it, you will not have truly seen it. Thought stands as a barrier between You and The Experience.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

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“What would be the nature of a person’s life if he did not seek pleasure? A: He would live a life of equanimity. He would be content and complete in each moment. Though he may involve himself in lofty pursuits, his contentedness and completeness would go with him. He would have abandoned the ceaseless chase. And when a man no longer feels the need to chase, life begins to chase him.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

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“Things like this happen sometimes in our lives,” I told him. “Inexplicable, illogical events that nevertheless are deeply disturbing. I guess we need to not think about them, just close our eyes and get through them. As if we were passing under a huge wave.”
― Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

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