As incredible as it sounds, an unhappy man does not realize that happiness is better than unhappiness. Knowing only his own concealed anguish, he worships it, which is the same as self-worship.
VERNON HOWARDAnger 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.
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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See human nonsense as nonsense and save years of trying to make sense out of it.
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We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove compulsive desires altogether by understanding their nature.
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Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.
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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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To change what you get you must change who you are.
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Whenever 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.
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Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation.
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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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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through… whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.
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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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When the mind is exhausted in trying to find the answer, the answer dawns.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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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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Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
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