The need to impress others causes half the world’s woes.
VERNON HOWARDDo not let them deceive you into assuming that they are creative forces; they are not. They are thieves of genuine powers. As always, your awareness of their thievery is your first fine step toward casting them out.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
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You have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!
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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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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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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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Who asks a king for a penny?
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The outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
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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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If you call one thing good, you must call its opposite bad. If you think it wonderful to make a big profit in your business, you will also think it terrible if you incur a large loss. The idea is to live above the opposites.
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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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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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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We clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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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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Study carefully the law of cause and effect.
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