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.
BILL VAUGHANThe suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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There is a mighty big difference between good sound reasons and reasons that sound good.
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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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When it is not necessary to amend the Constitution, it is necessary not to amend the Constitution.
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Everything pales in comparison to deer.
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The ideal Christmas gift is money, but the trouble is you can’t charge it.
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Pipe-smokers spend so much time cleaning, filling and fooling with their pipes, they don’t have time to get into mischief.
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Occasionally we sigh for an earlier day when we could just look at the stars without worrying whether they were theirs or ours.
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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
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Insofar as theology is an attempt to define and clarify intellectual positions, it is apt to lead to discussion, to differences of opinion, even to controversy, and hence to be divisive.
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There is that in the soul of man which must respond to the highest in virtue. It may not respond at once. Human nature can easily be over-faced by examples too remote and austere.
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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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What a pity that the only way to heaven is in a hearse.
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Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like ‘excuse me’, and other such simple courtesies.
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Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.
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The 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.
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