We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
VERNON HOWARDA 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.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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Every day that you attempt to see things as they are in truth Is a supremely successful day.
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Genuine effort is success.
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All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
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Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.
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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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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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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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Study carefully the law of cause and effect.
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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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Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.
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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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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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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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Who asks a king for a penny?
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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through… whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.
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