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Change is never a loss - it is change only.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
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Change
Never
Difficulty

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You can end half your troubles immediately by no longer permitting people to tell you what you want.
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Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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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.
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Genuine effort is success.
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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through... whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.
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A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
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To change what you get you must change who you are.
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The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting people while pretending to help them.
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It is utterly useless to try to change the outer world, for it is but a reflection of inner causes. The true seeker seeks to change himself.
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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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Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
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Who asks a king for a penny?
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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
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The only reason you do not do great things is because you timidly cling to small things. Will you let loose of small things and bear the uncertainty of having nothing for a while? Do this and eventually you will do great things.
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Awareness of your weakness and confusion makes you strong because conscious awareness is the bright light that destroys the darkness of negativity. Detection of inner negativity is not a negative act, but a courageously positive act that makes you a new person.
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