We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.
VERNON HOWARDThe only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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Resistance to the disturbance is the disturbance.
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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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As incredible as it sounds, an unhappy man does not realize that happiness is better than unhappiness. Knowing only his own concealed anguish, he worships it, which is the same as self-worship.
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When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
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We clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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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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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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There is no way reality can be prevented from flowing the way it flows. It is our vain attempts to force it to flow in the service of our imaginary needs which sets us in painful conflict with our- selves and nature.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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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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You know what is right. Deep down, you know. The battle between your true wisdom and the counterfeit wisdom of society is what causes frustration. Refuse to compromise with what you know is right-with what is right for you.
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Change is never a loss – it is change only.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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Genuine effort is success.
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All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
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