Mysticism is not this or that particular cup on the table; it is the water poured into all of them.
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 you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
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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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The need to impress others causes half the world’s woes.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
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Our life-transformation is in exact proportion to the amount of truth we can take without running away.
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What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind.
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You can not escape a prison if you do not know you’re in one.
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To change what you get you must change who you are.
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The genuinely spiritual person is one who has lost all desire to be anyone but exactly who he is, without labels and without apologies. He is what he is and that’s all there’s is to it. Such a man is undivided, uncomplicated and contented.
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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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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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Interpretation blocks reception while masquerading as reception. Rightness does not need interpretation; it requires simple acceptance and nothing else.
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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.
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The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
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