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a little happier. Ever since I was a child, one of my favorite occupations has been to copy down

my favorite quotations. For years, I hand-wrote these passages in what I called my blank books.

At some point, I switched to typing, and now I have two giant documents filled with my favorite

quotations, as well as collections of quotations related to particular subjects, such as the nature

of biography, color, and of course, happiness. Because I love identifying and copying quotations so

much, I take great pleasure in sending out my free daily moment of happiness newsletter where I

highlight one of my favorite quotations each day. Because I do spend a lot of time collecting

copying and rereading quotations, I have fragments of beautiful writing knocking around my head at

all times. In my reading, I've noticed how often visual artists are also great writers.

For instance, in his notebooks, Leonardo da Vinci wrote,

Iron Russ from Disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and encold weather becomes frozen,

even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. It is easier to resist at the beginning than at

the end. And also, human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or

more direct than does nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.

In the past four years, I was haunted by an illuminating observation by Leonardo da Vinci,

also from his notebooks. Intellectual passion drives our sensuality.

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