The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is the atheist who does not believe in himself.
BILL VAUGHANNothing is more irritating than not being invited to a party you wouldn”t be seen dead at
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There is convincing evidence that the search for solitude is not a luxury but a biological need. Just as humans posses a herding instinct that keeps us close to others most of the time, we also have a conflicting drive to seek out solitude.
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A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm.
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Men do not mirror themselves in running water; they mirror themselves in still water.
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Adolescence is society’s permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.
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What a pity that the only way to heaven is in a hearse.
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Every time you look at a house in Los Angeles, the real-estate agent will tell you that someone famous once lived there. It always seemed irrelevant to me: Does a property gain value just because Alfred Hitchcock used to eat breakfast there?
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The Universe knows itself and expands itself through me.
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Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
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Walk in awe, wonder, and humility. Walk at all times of day. In the early morning when the world is just waking up. Late at night under the stars. Along a busy city street at noontime.
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If you think that one individual can’t make a difference in the world, consider what one cigar can do in a nine-room house.
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The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions.
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We have got to keep the momentum going in order to achieve all of our objectives.
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It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture the essence of chaos.
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The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many defects.
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One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero.
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The tax collector must love poor people, he’s creating so many of them.
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Walk with a sense of being a part of a vast universe. Consider the thousands of miles of earth beneath your feet; think of the limitless expanse of space above your head.
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Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters.
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The United States grants the favors of the second, third, or fifty-seventh chance, and its citizens remain free to invent for themselves whatever character draws a crowd or pays the rent.
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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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Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
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Remembrance of death saves one from this world’s deceit.
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The pretender sees no one but himself, Because he has the veil of conceit in front; If he were endowed with a God discerning eye, He would see that no one is weaker than himself.
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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.
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People who have little to do are excessive talkers.
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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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