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.
VERNON HOWARDTruth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.
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When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
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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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Beauty is only skin deep, but it’s a valuable asset if you’re poor or haven’t any sense.
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Who asks a king for a penny?
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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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We clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable – when lived in fully – of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.
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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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See human nonsense as nonsense and save years of trying to make sense out of it.
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When the mind is exhausted in trying to find the answer, the answer dawns.
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Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
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Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
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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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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.
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