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“Imagine I throw a spear into the dark. That is my intuition. Then I have to send an expedition into the jungle to find the spear. That is my intellect.”
“I have two drawers in my desk. One is for the things I must do something about, and the other is for the things time will take care of.”
“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
Worry is a way to avoid admitting powerlessness over something, since worry feels like we’re doing something. (Prayer also makes us feel like we’re doing something, and even the most committed agnostic will admit that prayer is more productive than worry.)
