Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
VERNON HOWARDFreedom begins as we become conscious of it.
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.
VERNON HOWARDIgnorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.
VERNON HOWARDOur life-transformation is in exact proportion to the amount of truth we can take without running away.
VERNON HOWARDStudy carefully the law of cause and effect.
VERNON HOWARDAll heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
VERNON HOWARDAloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.
VERNON HOWARDWho asks a king for a penny?
VERNON HOWARDIt is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.
VERNON HOWARDThe world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
VERNON HOWARDSee human nonsense as nonsense and save years of trying to make sense out of it.
VERNON HOWARDThe outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
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.
VERNON HOWARDGenuine effort is success.
VERNON HOWARDAlways walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
VERNON HOWARDOne false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive, betray, abandon you, but cannot hurt you.
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