The Bible's "it's better to give than receive" was not the raving of a lunatic. It goes back to a recurring theme that I've found in almost all my experiments: behaviour shapes your thoughts. My brain sees me giving a gift to Julie. My brain concludes I must really love her. I love her all the more. Which means I'm happier in my relationship, if a bit poorer. A.J. Jacobs
Some Similar Quotes
  1. You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. - Amy Carmichael
  2. You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. - Robert Louis Stevenson
  3. I know what I have given you... I do not know what you have received. - Antonio Porchia
  4. Always have a willing hand to help someone, you might be the only one that does. - Roy T. Bennett
  5. Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it. - Marcus Aurelius
More Quotes By A.J. Jacobs
  1. 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.
  2. I can’t help but notice that you keep writing love poetry to my wife. Well, you see, I married her, which makes her my wife. You know what you might want to try? Writing some poems about the sunset. The sunset isn’t fucking married.
  3. I like uncovering the cultural prejudices I didn't even know.
  4. Plus, in one of his e-mails, the guy said he didn't like pancakes. What kind of asshole doesn't like pancakes?
  5. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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