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When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.

Vernon Howard

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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Desire Understanding Water
It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.
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Feet Sensible Years
Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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Doors Honesty Truth
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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Brave Crisis Giving Self Suggest
We clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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Freedom Kingdoms Realizing
The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
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People Suffering World
You have it made when you don’t care whether you have it made or not.
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Care Made Mind
When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
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Delusion Men Thinking
The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable – when lived in fully – of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.
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Mistake Past Regret
You must never fear anything at all.
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Fear Mind never
The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
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Fun Really Truth
A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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Emotion Negative Understanding
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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Inspirational Strength Strong
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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Challenges Feelings Gratitude
The outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
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Ends Moments Storm
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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Belief Believe Looks

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