Scrabble – The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t really explain why.
A. J. JACOBSI thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
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One of the interesting things to me is that God grows throughout the Old Testament. He evolves, sort of matures, and becomes kinder.
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I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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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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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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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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It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action–no matter what the action is–might help you feel better.
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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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I’ve never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.
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Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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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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After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There’s something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.
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Behavior shapes emotions.
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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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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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I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing – but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.
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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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More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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I don’t believe that prayers actually change God’s mind – if there is a God – but I liked praying for people in need. It was like moral weightlifting. I tend to be self-obsessed, and it was nice to get out of my brain once in a while.
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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
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