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> [Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/virtually-all-of-life-s-ills-boil-down-to-mindlessness-if-you-can/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

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