A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
VERNON HOWARDDo not mistake desire for love. Desire leaves home in a frantic search for one gratification after another. Love is at home with itself.
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A false path must be tensely and angrily defended by those it has deceived.
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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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The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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Whenever encountering a troublesome person, do not identify him as being cruel or stupid or rude or anything else like that. Instead, see him as a frightened person.
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Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
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Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation.
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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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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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All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
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Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
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Examine every action and reaction. Do you act naturally or do you act because you feel compelled? If you feel compelled, stop. Compulsion is slavery. Example: Refuse to go along with the crowd.
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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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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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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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