The more we succeed, the more we’re seduced into thinking we can control everything. We dissect Revelation to get a sense of control over the future.
BILL VAUGHANPerhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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Discipline means protection from one’s own wanton interest.
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Hope for the best, survive the worst, find humor wherever you can.
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Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters.
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Adolescence is society’s permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.
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We’ve found some things that are suspicious in nature, and we’re going to err on the side of caution.
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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.
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Where would the gardener be if there were no more weeds?
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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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These are days you’ll remember. If you recall nothing else from your graduation ceremony, remember you heard the New Jersey Governor quote from 10,000 Maniacs.
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It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
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The real process of making decisions, of gathering support, of developing opinions, happens before the meeting or after.
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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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If 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.
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Perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.
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What the heck do you think I’m doing? I’m laying these darn bricks! He then walked over to the second bricklayer and asked the same question.
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