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.
VERNON HOWARDTo change what you get you must change who you are.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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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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Do 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.
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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
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To change what you get you must change who you are.
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A false path must be tensely and angrily defended by those it has deceived.
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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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Interpretation blocks reception while masquerading as reception. Rightness does not need interpretation; it requires simple acceptance and nothing else.
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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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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation.
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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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You are not separate from the flowing reality; you are that flowing reality. See this and you will not see any- thing else which conflicts with it. You will be what you see.
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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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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
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