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.
VERNON HOWARDThe most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.
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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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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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See human nonsense as nonsense and save years of trying to make sense out of it.
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Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives
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Resistance to the disturbance is the disturbance.
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Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.
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The need to impress others causes half the world’s woes.
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Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation.
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Don’t look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature.
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Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
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A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction.
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Study carefully the law of cause and effect.
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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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