We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
VERNON HOWARDIf you call one thing good, you must call its opposite bad. If you think it wonderful to make a big profit in your business, you will also think it terrible if you incur a large loss. The idea is to live above the opposites.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it’s a valuable asset if you’re poor or haven’t any sense.
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Do not let them deceive you into assuming that they are creative forces; they are not. They are thieves of genuine powers. As always, your awareness of their thievery is your first fine step toward casting them out.
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Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man than you can paint the air.
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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.
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Don’t try to live. Let yourself be lived.
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All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
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When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it.
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Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
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Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation.
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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through… whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.
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All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
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A perfect method for awakening is to examine the results of our daily actions. If they are harmful, we know we need more consciousness.
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All we have to do is to receive what we are given…We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to ignore self-defeating suggestions, to be pleasant, forgiving, tender, helpful, unworried, brave, energetic.
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Suppose you stand on a high place to enjoy the beauty of the sparkling sea below. You need do nothing to create that beauty; you need only BE IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE IT IS, and let nature do the rest. So it is with the inner life.
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