Do not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.
BILL VAUGHANDo not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.
BILL VAUGHANNo one can bring to God what you can.
BILL VAUGHANMen do not mirror themselves in running water; they mirror themselves in still water.
BILL VAUGHANHealing is the rediscovery of who we are and who we have always been.
BILL VAUGHANThe eagle may soar; beavers build dams.
BILL VAUGHANA nation has character only when it is free.
BILL VAUGHANThe easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.
BILL VAUGHANAnd this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias.
BILL VAUGHANWithout 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.
BILL VAUGHANHe suffered from paralysis by analysis.
BILL VAUGHANIt is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
BILL VAUGHANA decision of the courts decided that the game of golf may be played on a Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort.
BILL VAUGHANThe Christianity which is shared is the Christianity which is convincing.
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.
BILL VAUGHANThere’s something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs.
BILL VAUGHANIt turns out there’s only one thing that capuchins really, really love – and that’s sweet stuff. If you give them a big vat of say, marshmallow fluff, and you let them go at it.
BILL VAUGHAN