There exists a special self which takes every event as if it were the very thing you wanted to happen. That self is the Supermind, which is never upset by anything. Your goal is to nourish it into greater strength. Then, every step is sunlit.
VERNON HOWARDInner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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Don’t try to live. Let yourself be lived.
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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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Society is like a crowd in carnival costumes with everyone fearful that others will see through his disguise.
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We clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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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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We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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Study carefully the law of cause and effect.
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No one can tell you what is right for you except yourself. So start telling yourself what to do. If you blunder for ten years while thinking for yourself, that is rich treasure when compared with living these ten years under the mental domination of another.
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Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.
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Genuine effort is success.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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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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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.
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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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