We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
VERNON HOWARDWhenever 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.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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Suppose you stand on a high place to enjoy the beauty of the sparkling sea below. You need do nothing to create that beauty; you need only BE IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE IT IS, and let nature do the rest. So it is with the inner life.
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The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable – when lived in fully – of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.
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The answers come when you are quietly willing to be without them.
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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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A false path must be tensely and angrily defended by those it has deceived.
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Anger or bitterness toward those who have hurt you will block your path to higher ground. You can have anger toward people or you can have freedom from people, but you can’t have both.
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Don’t look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature.
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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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A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
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We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.
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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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Change is never a loss – it is change only.
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Don’t try to live. Let yourself be lived.
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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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When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
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