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.
VERNON HOWARDSociety is like a crowd in carnival costumes with everyone fearful that others will see through his disguise.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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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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You have it made when you don’t care whether you have it made or not.
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Every day that you attempt to see things as they are in truth Is a supremely successful day.
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The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
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Genuine effort is success.
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You are not separate from the flowing reality; you are that flowing reality. See this and you will not see any- thing else which conflicts with it. You will be what you see.
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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 must never fear anything at all.
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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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To change what you get you must change who you are.
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Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.
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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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Beauty is only skin deep, but it’s a valuable asset if you’re poor or haven’t any sense.
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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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Society is like a crowd in carnival costumes with everyone fearful that others will see through his disguise.
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