Do not mistake desire for love. Desire leaves home in a frantic search for one gratification after another. Love is at home with itself.
VERNON HOWARDFind yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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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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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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To change what you get you must change who you are.
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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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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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You can not escape a prison if you do not know you’re in one.
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Change is never a loss – it is change only.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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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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Is the beam from a lighthouse affected by howling wind and rain? It remains perfectly steadfast and unaffected by the storm. Your true self is like that. Nothing can ever harm you once you are consciously aware that it is so.
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Don’t try to live. Let yourself be lived.
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We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.
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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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The answers come when you are quietly willing to be without them.
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Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man than you can paint the air.
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