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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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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Writer
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Teacher
Wise
Alone
Kierkegaard
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Aloneness
Spiritual
Remarked
Mind
Maturity
Sign
Comfortable

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