How many of us have been first attracted to reason, first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism from Rochefoucauld or La Bruyere.
BILL VAUGHANMeditating 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.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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Live constructively and live optimistically.
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There are two kinds of pedestrians… the quick and the dead.
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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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It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
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Material civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God who cannot give me bread here, giving me eternal bliss in heaven!
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The more human beings proceed by plan the more effectively they may be hit by accident
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The perfumed spectators are wont to look on, not to join in the struggle, nor to endure the sun, the heat, the dust, and the showers.
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When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.
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The same sun that melts butter hardens clay.
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The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees.
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I’ve still got a lot to learn about Washington. Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.
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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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A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
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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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All the problems of the world – child labor, corruption – are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.
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