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 VAUGHANOccasionally we sigh for an earlier day when we could just look at the stars without worrying whether they were theirs or ours.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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Hay smells different to lovers and horses.
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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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We’ve found some things that are suspicious in nature, and we’re going to err on the side of caution.
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of Heaven.
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Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who’s reading it.
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A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after.
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Most of us wait until we’re in trouble, and then we pray like the dickens. Wonder what would happen if, some morning, we’d wake up and say, “Anything I can do for You today, Lord?”
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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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It’s never safe to be nostalgic about something until you’re absolutely certain there’s no chance of its coming back
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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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Live constructively and live optimistically.
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The more we succeed, the more we’re seduced into thinking we can control everything. We dissect Revelation to get a sense of control over the future.
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The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.
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The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.
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We have got to keep the momentum going in order to achieve all of our objectives.
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