Meditating means bringing the mind back to something again and again. Thus, we all meditate, but unless we direct it in some way, we meditate on ourselves and on our own problems, reinforcing our self-clinging.
BILL VAUGHANMeditating means bringing the mind back to something again and again. Thus, we all meditate, but unless we direct it in some way, we meditate on ourselves and on our own problems, reinforcing our self-clinging.
BILL VAUGHANBooks are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters.
BILL VAUGHANI retire to make way for an abler man. In my four years as attorney general I have aged about ten years, but when I have get back to the practice of law, I hope to show those lawyers that I still have some vitality left.
BILL VAUGHANThe wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.
BILL VAUGHANThere must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
BILL VAUGHANGreat power constitutes its own argument, and it never has much trouble drumming up friends, applause, sympathetic exegesis, and a band.
BILL VAUGHANPerhaps God chose me to be an atheist?
BILL VAUGHANBeauty, alone, may please, not captivate; if lacking grace, ’tis but a hookless bait.
BILL VAUGHANIf the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped.
BILL VAUGHANOne in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.
BILL VAUGHANHe knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.
BILL VAUGHANOne of the quickest ways to become exhausted is by suppressing your feelings.
BILL VAUGHANYour thoughts are making you.
BILL VAUGHANProgress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be.
BILL VAUGHANYou have to climb to reach a deep thought.
BILL VAUGHANOne advantage to having a kid on the spectrum: they tend to be rule followers. Socially, things are harder for them than most kids.
BILL VAUGHAN