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.
VERNON HOWARDIt 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.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.
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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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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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A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction.
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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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Anger or bitterness toward those who have hurt you will block your path to higher ground. You can have anger toward people or you can have freedom from people, but you can’t have both.
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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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Study carefully the law of cause and effect.
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The answers come when you are quietly willing to be without them.
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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
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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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To change what you get you must change who you are.
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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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The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
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We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.
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