Our life-transformation is in exact proportion to the amount of truth we can take without running away.
VERNON HOWARDThere 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.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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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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Do not mistake desire for love. Desire leaves home in a frantic search for one gratification after another. Love is at home with itself.
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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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Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
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Resistance to the disturbance is the disturbance.
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We clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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Don’t try to live. Let yourself be lived.
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Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.
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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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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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Change is never a loss – it is change only.
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One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive, betray, abandon you, but cannot hurt you.
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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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The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
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