A cheery relaxation is man’s natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.
VERNON HOWARDAll 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.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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The need to impress others causes half the world’s woes.
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Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
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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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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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The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
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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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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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Don’t try to be spiritual. That is only a word in the dictionary. Make it your goal to become a normally functioning individual. Let these principles shape you according to your real nature of a simple, decent, honest, unafraid human being.
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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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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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The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
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When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it.
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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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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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