All the problems of the world – child labor, corruption – are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.
BILL VAUGHANThe price of power is responsibility for the public good.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.
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Nor all America can claim him now: Forevermore he is Mankind’s and God’s.
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One must seem to hear the unreasonable demands of the petulant, unmoved, and the tedious details of the dull, untired. That is the least price that a man must pay for a high station.
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Are there any vegetarians among cannibals?
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Letters should be easy and natural.
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Our enemy sees us clearly. They will not start a war. They’re worried about one thing: If democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win
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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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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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Without taste genius is only a sublime kind of folly. That sure touch which the lyre gives back the right note and nothing more, is even a rarer gift than the creative faculty itself.
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A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after.
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One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero.
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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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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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Perhaps God chose me to be an atheist?
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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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