The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of nothing attempted, nothing gained and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.
BILL VAUGHANMaterial civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God who cannot give me bread here, giving me eternal bliss in heaven!
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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How many of us have been first attracted to reason, first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism from Rochefoucauld or La Bruyere.
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Insofar as theology is an attempt to define and clarify intellectual positions, it is apt to lead to discussion, to differences of opinion, even to controversy, and hence to be divisive.
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God, who prepares His work through ages, accomplishes it when the hour is come, with the feeblest instruments.
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Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.
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Behavior is the theory of manners practically applied.
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The message that underlies healing is simple yet radical: We are already whole…. Underneath our fears and worries, unaffected by the many layers of our conditioning and actions, is a peaceful core.
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Usually we trust that nature has a master plan. But what was it she expected us to do with tobacco?.
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Humility is the embroidery of chiefs.
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The same sun that melts butter hardens clay.
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It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
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The eyes are the amulets of the mind.
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It’s never safe to be nostalgic about something until you’re absolutely certain there’s no chance of its coming back
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As surely as you are a living man, so surely did that spectral anatomy visit my room again last night, grin in my face, and walk away with my trousers: nor was I able to spring from my bed, or break the chain which seemed to bind me to my pillow.
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Letters should be easy and natural.
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Someday there is going to be a book about a middle-aged man with a good job, a beautiful wife and two lovely children who still manages to be happy.
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