Mysticism is not this or that particular cup on the table; it is the water poured into all of them.
VERNON HOWARDThe only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.
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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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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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Genuine effort is success.
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You must never fear anything at all.
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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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All we have to do is to receive what we are given…We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to ignore self-defeating suggestions, to be pleasant, forgiving, tender, helpful, unworried, brave, energetic.
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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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The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
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The genuinely spiritual person is one who has lost all desire to be anyone but exactly who he is, without labels and without apologies. He is what he is and that’s all there’s is to it. Such a man is undivided, uncomplicated and contented.
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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When the mind is exhausted in trying to find the answer, the answer dawns.
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Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man than you can paint the air.
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