The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.
BILL VAUGHANI’ve still got a lot to learn about Washington. Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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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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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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It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
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The United States grants the favors of the second, third, or fifty-seventh chance, and its citizens remain free to invent for themselves whatever character draws a crowd or pays the rent.
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The pain endured. The lesson learned. Let it now be forgotten! Face the future with courage, cheerfulness, and hope. Give God the chance and He will make you forget all that it would be harmful to remember.
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I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God.
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Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.
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Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then … pick out his brains.
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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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What’s wonderful is to read the different translations – some done in 1600 and some in 1900 – of the same passage. It’s fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.
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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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Work is the means of living, but it is not living.
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Where would the gardener be if there were no more weeds?
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Look for strength in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.
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On the neck of a giraffe a flea begins to believe in immortality.
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