Joshua Coolman

“If you’re surrounded by greatness – take notes, pay attention, and ask questions.”
― Jesse Itzler, Living with the Monks: What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus

“death is not the enemy; snakes are. And cheese: it is addictive and irresistible. I have had three kinds so far today.”
― Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope

“Niels Bohr wrote, ‘The opposite of a true statement is a false statement, but the opposite of a profound truth can be another profound truth.”
― Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope

“Jesus was a rabbi, schooled by rabbis, who thought like rabbis. Rabbis, upon being asked a question by a disciple, usually answer with a paradoxical inquiry or a story. This can be annoying and time-consuming for those of us looking for neat, simple answers. But truth is too wild and complex to be contained in one answer, so Jesus often responded with a question or a parable.”
― Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope