When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it.
VERNON HOWARDFreedom begins as we become conscious of it.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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As incredible as it sounds, an unhappy man does not realize that happiness is better than unhappiness. Knowing only his own concealed anguish, he worships it, which is the same as self-worship.
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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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The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
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There exists a special self which takes every event as if it were the very thing you wanted to happen. That self is the Supermind, which is never upset by anything. Your goal is to nourish it into greater strength. Then, every step is sunlit.
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Interpretation blocks reception while masquerading as reception. Rightness does not need interpretation; it requires simple acceptance and nothing else.
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When the mind is exhausted in trying to find the answer, the answer dawns.
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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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The miracle of self-healing occurs when the inner patient yields to the inner physician.
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There is no way reality can be prevented from flowing the way it flows. It is our vain attempts to force it to flow in the service of our imaginary needs which sets us in painful conflict with our- selves and nature.
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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.
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Study carefully the law of cause and effect.
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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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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
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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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A cheery relaxation is man’s natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.
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