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 VAUGHANAs surely as you are a living man, so surely did that spectral anatomy visit my room again last night, grin in my face, and walk away with my trousers: nor was I able to spring from my bed, or break the chain which seemed to bind me to my pillow.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after.
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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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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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The tax collector must love poor people, he’s creating so many of them.
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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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In the game of life, it’s a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.
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The same sun that melts butter hardens clay.
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Dark windows are often a very clear proof.
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The best that can be said of you is that you got saved.
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When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.
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I’m an actor. And I guess I’ve done so many movies I’ve achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.
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The most malignant of enemies is the lust which abides within.
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When gossip grows old it becomes myth.
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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.
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The Universe knows itself and expands itself through me.
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