It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.
VERNON HOWARDAloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
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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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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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You must never fear anything at all.
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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 are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
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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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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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A perfect method for awakening is to examine the results of our daily actions. If they are harmful, we know we need more consciousness.
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Mysticism is not this or that particular cup on the table; it is the water poured into all of them.
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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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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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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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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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