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More Quotes by Vernon Howard
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.
You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them
The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
The answers come when you are quietly willing to be without them.
You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one.
We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.
The reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth.
No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.
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.
