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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.

A. J. Jacobs

Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It’s not until the second year that they learn the cures.
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There’s a beauty to forgiveness, especially forgiveness that goes beyond rationality. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great & powerful one
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they’d get along OK, but they’d both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.”
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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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I found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
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I’m addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there’s so damn much about myself to improve.
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It’s a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn’t about rights. It’s about responsibilities.”–Mr Bill Berkowitz
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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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It’s hard to be in a bad mood when you’re walking around looking like you’re about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon.
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I was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one.
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My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it’ll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It’s like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
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After a while, if you’re committed, you start to believe in the things in which you’re praying. It’s just cognitive dissonance. You can’t live a completely religious life and not start to have it sink in.
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