If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind.
Bill VaughanThe things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink, And trust His mercy humbly for the rest.
Bill VaughanMoney won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.
Bill VaughanWhat ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.
Bill VaughanThere is that in the soul of man which must respond to the highest in virtue. It may not respond at once. Human nature can easily be over-faced by examples too remote and austere. Moreover, human nature can easily deny God because the whole race has long been in rebellion against Him. Yet there is that in human nature which calls out to the supreme examples of virtue: owns, as it were, the intention of God who made it, and feels the unmistakable homesickness of the soul.
Bill VaughanOne of the most gracious dispensations of God concerning His saints is their lovely unawareness of sanctity. The nearer they move to Him, the more conscious are they of sin. If it were impossible at times not to note their own growth in grace, it were impossible also to forget that it was all by His power. If they could be persuaded to admit their progress and talk of it at all, the language of their heart would be this: 'If God could do this in me, He could do it in anyone
Bill Vaughan