Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.
VERNON HOWARDWe clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove compulsive desires altogether by understanding their nature.
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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.
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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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Is the beam from a lighthouse affected by howling wind and rain? It remains perfectly steadfast and unaffected by the storm. Your true self is like that. Nothing can ever harm you once you are consciously aware that it is so.
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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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Who asks a king for a penny?
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When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
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One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive, betray, abandon you, but cannot hurt you.
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An obvious fact about negative feelings is often overlooked. They are caused by us, not by exterior happenings. An outside event presents the challenge, but we react to it. So we must attend to the way we take things, not to the things themselves.
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You have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind.
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You are not separate from the flowing reality; you are that flowing reality. See this and you will not see any- thing else which conflicts with it. You will be what you see.
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It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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