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. JACOBSHow do you gag the voice in your head that says, ‘You don’t have to [do it] today. There’s always tomorrow.’?
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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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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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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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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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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Behavior shapes emotions.
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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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 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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My immune system has always been overly welcoming of germs. It’s far too polite, the biological equivalent of a southern hostess inviting y’all nice microbes to stay awhile and have some artichoke dip.
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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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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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How do you gag the voice in your head that says, ‘You don’t have to [do it] today. There’s always tomorrow.’?
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Since I was relatively new to the Bible, I was surprised by the Old Testament God. He’s wrathful, but at other times, He’s incredibly compassionate. He’s not a one-dimensional figure at all.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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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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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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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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