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La Danse, Henri Matisse 1909
'La Danse', Henri Matisse, 1909
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Why do we fall in love

David Servan-Schreiber, France

(Submitted by the Art of Living Team)

Michael is a well-known New York psychotherapist. He’s 45 and recently divorced. Since he’s a therapist and understands the importance of positive thinking, he describes himself as “in between relationships.” A rational man but a romantic at heart, Michael is keen to fall in love again. I asked him what he’s learned about the stormy relationships between men and women that will help him find someone new. Why do we fall in love?

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Good news

Desmond Tutu, South Africa

(Submitted by the Art of Living Team)

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.

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Changing habits

Jurriaan Kamp, Netherlands

(Submitted by The Art of Living Team)

Changing habits is hard. And yet it is simple too. Whatever we do begins with a thought. Whatever we give our attention to materializes. That is the problem and the solution at the same time. Based on our experiences, we are so used to seeing a certain reality that it becomes difficult to look at the same thing and see something different, something new - a new possibility.

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Making a difference

Jane Goodall, England

(Submitted by The Art of Living Team)

Every individual makes a difference every single day.

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Pursuing

Gabriel García Márquez, Colombia

(Submitted by Basilio Badia, Colombia)

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

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Why Literature?

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru

(Submitted by the author)

We live in an era of knowledge specialisation, due to the prodigious development of science and technology, and the fragmentation of knowledge into innumerable paths and compartments, a cultural trend that will only be accentuated in years to come. Of course, specialisation brings great benefits, offering much more detailed research and experimentation; it is the engine of progress. But it also has a negative effect: it elides all those common denominators of culture through which men and women co-exist, communicate and feel a sense of solidarity.

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A New Glasnost for the Planet

Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia

(Submitted by the author)

It may seem paradoxical, but despite having borne witness to the countless humanitarian and environmental disasters of recent decades, I am an optimist. But being an optimist does not mean simply looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses, like Voltaire’s Candide, and declaring everything to be for the best, despite an endless array of misfortunes.

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