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 HOWARDWe are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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There is no way reality can be prevented from flowing the way it flows. It is our vain attempts to force it to flow in the service of our imaginary needs which sets us in painful conflict with our- selves and 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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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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If you call one thing good, you must call its opposite bad. If you think it wonderful to make a big profit in your business, you will also think it terrible if you incur a large loss. The idea is to live above the opposites.
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All we have to do is to receive what we are given…We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to ignore self-defeating suggestions, to be pleasant, forgiving, tender, helpful, unworried, brave, energetic.
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Don’t try to be spiritual. That is only a word in the dictionary. Make it your goal to become a normally functioning individual. Let these principles shape you according to your real nature of a simple, decent, honest, unafraid human being.
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When the mind is exhausted in trying to find the answer, the answer dawns.
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Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction.
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To change what you get you must change who you are.
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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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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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You can not escape a prison if you do not know you’re in one.
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Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation.
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