A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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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Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.
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When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
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It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
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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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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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A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction.
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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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We clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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See human nonsense as nonsense and save years of trying to make sense out of it.
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Genuine effort is success.
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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.
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Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.
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We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.
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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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Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.
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