Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
A. J. JACOBSIf 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.”
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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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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I found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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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 grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
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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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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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Behavior shapes emotions.
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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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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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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’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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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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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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