I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans. Bill Vaughan More Quotes by Bill Vaughan More Quotes From Bill Vaughan I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God. Bill Vaughan noble-deeds noble deeds Journalism, like history, has no therapeutic value; it is better able to diagnose than to cure, and it provides society with a primitive means of psychoanalysis that allows the patient to judge the distance between fantasy and reality. Bill Vaughan distance mean reality After carrying and collecting like the ant, Enjoy-before the grave worm devours thee. Bill Vaughan graves pleasure ants 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. Bill Vaughan ties power hands The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers. Bill Vaughan dissent congratulations pressure I do not believe in a religion that cannot wipe out the widow's tears or bring a piece of bread to the orphan's mouth. Bill Vaughan tears believe religion Are there any vegetarians among cannibals? Bill Vaughan cannibal vegetarian An American presidential campaign resembles a forced march through enemy country. Bill Vaughan presidential voting country Do not expect too much of the end of the world. Bill Vaughan end-of-the-world too-much world Not armies, not nations, have advanced the race; but here and there, in the course of ages, an individual has stood up and cast his shadow over the world. Bill Vaughan individuality army race Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force themselves on the attention of mankind are the unconscious productions of human wisdom, and must have honest consideration, and must not be made the subject of unreasoning prejudice. Bill Vaughan innovation degrees prejudice Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well. Bill Vaughan strong patience looks Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. 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. Bill Vaughan details patience men A man's penmanship is an unfailing index of his character, moral and mental, and a criterion by which to judge his peculiarities of taste and sentiments. Bill Vaughan judging character men Open your hands, ye whose hands are full! The world is waiting for you! The whole machinery of the Divine beneficence is clogged by your hard hearts and rigid fingers. Bill Vaughan shopping heart hands Walking uplifts the spirit. Breathe out the poisons of tension, stress, and worry; breathe in the power of God. Send forth little silent prayers of goodwill toward those you meet. Walk with a sense of being a part of a vast universe. Consider the thousands of miles of earth beneath your feet; think of the limitless expanse of space above your head. Walk in awe, wonder, and humility. Walk at all times of day. In the early morning when the world is just waking up. Late at night under the stars. Along a busy city street at noontime. Bill Vaughan stars uplifting morning Without 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 Vaughan sublime creative giving The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands. Bill Vaughan understanding reading book Flattery, though a base coin, is the necessary pocket money at court; where, by custom and consent, it has obtained such a currency that it is no longer a fraudulent, but a legal payment. Bill Vaughan flattery coins pockets Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person; if her face is so shocking that she must in some degree be conscious of it, her figure and her air, she trusts, make ample amends for it. Bill Vaughan ugly degrees air
