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.
VERNON HOWARDAn 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.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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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 enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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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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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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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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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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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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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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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 have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!
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Truth does not really hurt, rather it is our resistance to its message that causes us pain.
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The need to impress others causes half the world’s woes.
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