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.
VERNON HOWARDAll heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
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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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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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When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
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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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You must never fear anything at all.
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The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
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Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives
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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 clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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The outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
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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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The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
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The answers come when you are quietly willing to be without them.
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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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You have it made when you don’t care whether you have it made or not.
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