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. JACOBSUnconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset – and sandals – of my forefathers.
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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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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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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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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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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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When I was with the serpent-handlers in Tennessee, it was the most bizarre method of worship I could think of. Yet when you sit with these people, you can kind of see how it makes sense.
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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 am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
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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 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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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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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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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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