Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
VERNON HOWARDWhen you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
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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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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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Truth does not really hurt, rather it is our resistance to its message that causes us pain.
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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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It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.
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The answers come when you are quietly willing to be without them.
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Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.
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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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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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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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A false path must be tensely and angrily defended by those it has deceived.
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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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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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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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