I’m addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there’s so damn much about myself to improve.
A. J. JACOBSI thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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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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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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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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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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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 have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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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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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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Behavior shapes emotions.
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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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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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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It’s just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
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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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