They give strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought forward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which no mind can calculate. depend upon books.
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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By the time you’re eighty years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.
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Adolescence is society’s permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.
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Material 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!
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Most people – and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all – are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right.
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ho’ you’re tired and weary Still journey on, till you come to your happy abode, Where all you love you’ve been dreaming of Will be there, at the end of the road.
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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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Everything pales in comparison to deer.
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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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Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.
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Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then … pick out his brains.
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A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after.
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There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.
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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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The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.
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The most malignant of enemies is the lust which abides within.
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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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There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
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The same sun that melts butter hardens clay.
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On the one hand, it’s common sense it’s hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too.
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Hope for the best, survive the worst, find humor wherever you can.
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When it is not necessary to amend the Constitution, it is necessary not to amend the Constitution.
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The pain endured. The lesson learned. Let it now be forgotten! Face the future with courage, cheerfulness, and hope. Give God the chance and He will make you forget all that it would be harmful to remember.
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The wise individual doesn’t get too attached to any of life’s pleasures, knowing that wonderful science is hard at work proving it’s bad for him.
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Because, as we are told-a sad old joke, too- Ghosts, like the ladies, never speak till spoke to.
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One advantage to having a kid on the spectrum: they tend to be rule followers. Socially, things are harder for them than most kids.
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What’s wonderful is to read the different translations – some done in 1600 and some in 1900 – of the same passage. It’s fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.
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