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.
VERNON HOWARDThe most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
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Society is like a crowd in carnival costumes with everyone fearful that others will see through his disguise.
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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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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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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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The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
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A perfect method for awakening is to examine the results of our daily actions. If they are harmful, we know we need more consciousness.
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To change what you get you must change who you are.
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Who asks a king for a penny?
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There exists a special self which takes every event as if it were the very thing you wanted to happen. That self is the Supermind, which is never upset by anything. Your goal is to nourish it into greater strength. Then, every step is sunlit.
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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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The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.
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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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When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it.
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