Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one’s balance.
BILL VAUGHANThe learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of millions of vibrations have penetrated the eye before the eye can distinguish the tints of a violet. What philosophy can calculate the vibrations of the heart before it can distinguish the colours of love?
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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When gossip grows old it becomes myth.
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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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The work of healing is peeling away the barriers of fear that keep us unaware of our true nature of love, peace, and rich interconnection with the web of life.
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There is no real coming and going, For what is going but coming?
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We have got to keep the momentum going in order to achieve all of our objectives.
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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.
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Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
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The eyes are the amulets of the mind.
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Our court dockets are so crowded today it would be better to refer to it as the overdue process of law.
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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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Hay smells different to lovers and horses.
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Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like ‘excuse me’, and other such simple courtesies.
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Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be.
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The price of power is responsibility for the public good.
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There’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.
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