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.
A. J. JACOBSThe 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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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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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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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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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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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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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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Unconditional 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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I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It’s like, it’s really bad. It’s like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.
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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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More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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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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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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Behavior shapes emotions.
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