But if you aren’t saying a permanent no to anything, giving anything up, then you probably aren’t diving into anything fully. A life of commitment means saying a thousand noes for the sake of a few precious yeses.
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David Brooks
Op-Ed columnist at The Times, author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain.