Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.
VERNON HOWARDWhen 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.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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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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Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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You can not escape a prison if you do not know you’re in one.
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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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When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
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The leap is made by dropping vanity over knowledge and by a willingness to become nothing in order to become everything.
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What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind.
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Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.
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Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.
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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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All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
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The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
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No one can tell you what is right for you except yourself. So start telling yourself what to do. If you blunder for ten years while thinking for yourself, that is rich treasure when compared with living these ten years under the mental domination of another.
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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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