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“When I started to praise God, my soul rejoices always in his presence, for the joy of living.”

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“In a world where we are partly shaped by those we associate with, being paranoid that everyone is a backstabber or naïve that everyone has our back is a life-draining mindset. What counts is the courage to walk away from people who don’t bring out the best in us.”

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“Maybe joy is even more potent when you've known the depth of its opposite.”

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Book:The Second Life of Ava Rivers

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“But that, right there, is why embracing our dirty dessert secrets matters so much. On the surface, they are just hilarious indulgences, but dig down a little deeper than the whipped cream and cherry on top and you'll see that they are powerful reminders to cultivate and celebrate our inner selves as fiercely as we do our LinkedIn profiles and Instagram feeds. Because what good, really, is all that public success and admiration without the private joy at the center?”

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Book:Dessert Can Save the World: Stories, Secrets, and Recipes for a Stubbornly Joyful Existence

Source: Dessert Can Save the World: Stories, Secrets, and Recipes for a Stubbornly Joyful Existence

“Show me an activist who is so overwhelmed by darkness that they can't feel joy, and I'll show you a useless activist. Grief and anger are powerful motivators. In our case, the sparked a movement and helped it grow. But it was sustained by a desperate need for community, happiness, and love.”

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Book:Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism

Source: Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism

“The greatest suffering is attachment. The greatest joy is understanding.”

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“One may be strengthened & fed without the aid of Joy, & no one knows it better than I do; & I believe I know the only cure, which is to make one’s center of life inside of one’s self, not selfishly or excludingly, but with a kind of unassailable serenity—to decorate one’s inner house so richly that one is content there, glad to welcome anyone who wants to come and stay, but happy all the same when one is inevitably alone.”

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Book:The letters of Edith Wharton

Source: The letters of Edith Wharton

“Start your day with a smile, not regrets and complaints.”

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“It is not money, fame, or power that creates positive emotional energy. It's happiness, and happiness does not cost any money. Everyone needs to feel happy.”

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“The supremacy of the scriptures is the Spirit of God himself speaking to humankind.”

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Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“there is no partition: only feet soles covered in soil, watching yellow kites crisscross a blue sky. singing in the language of joy, holding a thousand moons in their palms, an open land calling out your name: home”

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