The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn’t matter whether you obtain the object of your desire or not. Either way, you are still content.
BILL VAUGHANThe world could not long ignore a holy church. The church is not despised because it is holy: it is despised because it is not holy enough.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you’ll be missed if you don’t show up for work.
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People who have little to do are excessive talkers.
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Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.
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When gossip grows old it becomes myth.
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You have to climb to reach a deep thought.
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Live constructively and live optimistically.
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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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The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.
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Evil is only of this world. In the other world there is neither good nor evil; all there is, is beaut).
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Kids are not driving themselves to McDonalds. It’s not about kids and their choices. It’s about parents and their choices.
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Never seem wiser or more learned than the people you are with.
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A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
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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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We didn’t used to think that having several of these little risk factors were a big deal. But it is. These little risk factors add up in a way that is worse for you than one big risk factor.
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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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