There’s a beauty to forgiveness, especially forgiveness that goes beyond rationality. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great & powerful one
A. J. JACOBSA 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.
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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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’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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I’m addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there’s so damn much about myself to improve.
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The Bible talks a lot about thankfulness, and I’m more thankful than I ever was. I try to concentrate on the hundreds of things that go right in a day, instead of the three or four that go wrong.
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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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 best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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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 you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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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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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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