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1 " You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED. "
― Vernon Howard
2 " Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door. "
3 " We are exactly where we have chosen to be. "
4 " Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives "
5 " A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. "
6 " By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity. "
7 " Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen. "
8 " Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will. "
9 " Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud. "
10 " 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. "
11 " A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them. "
12 " When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion. "
13 " The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting people while pretending to help them. "
14 " The truth , when it arrives is always different from what we thought it would be..if we imagine that we already know the truth, that imaginations based on old and habitual ideas. But the truth is always something entirely new to the mind; so we cannot possibly imagine it. Just as we cannot know what a new day is like before we experience it, we cannot think accurately about a new truth until we first live it. As we dare to drop our conditioned opinions, we make room for the truth... "
15 " 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. "
― Vernon Howard , The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power
16 " The following brief points are like magic moccasins. Theyguarantee safe guidance through the forest of people. To walksafely, wear them!1. The most persuasive power you have toward others is amature self.2. The mark of greatness is to be superior without feelingsuperior.3. "The consciousness of being loved softens the keenestpang." (Joseph Addison)4. The turning point in all your exterior relations comeswhen you start changing your inner self.5. Strong people attract the weak.6. Possessiveness and dependency are not states of love.7. Your own level of being attracts the kind of people whoenter your life.8. "He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obeynor command in order to be something." (Goethe)9. Your True Self cannot be afraid of anyone.10. You break the cord of painful thought toward anotherperson by snipping the connection within your ownmind.11. It is very painful to pretend to be someone.12. Any sincere effort at bettering your human relationsreturns a reward.13. Don't drain your energy by thinking negatively towardpeople who harm you.14. You get along with others to the exact degree that youget along with yourself.15. A real person stands out like a human being among statues. "
― Vernon Howard , Psycho-Pictography: The New Way to Use the Miracle Power of Your Mind
17 " Human sickness is so severe that few can bear to look at it...but those who do will become well. "
18 " Whether a person is aware of it or not, he is assaulted constantly by misleading and hostile voices within the mind. They speak both through you and to you. Everyone is their target, but because of their extreme cunning, few people ever detect and dismiss them. So the only problem is a lack of information about these foreign voices. The curing facts are as close as your desire for them. It is extremely important for you to remember the following truth: these hurtful voices are not you, and they do not belong to you, but merely speak through your psychic system. Don't take them as being your own voices, any more than you take radio voices as being your own. They simply use unaware human beings. Your true nature has nothing to do with them. When finally dismissing these sinister speakers you make room for spiritual health and true life. "
19 " The true way of knowing yourself includes neither self-praise nor self-blame, but only a wise silence. "
― Vernon Howard , 1500 Ways to Escape the Human Jungle
20 " Circumstances are conquered simply by having no egotistical need to conquer them. "
