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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Hygiene
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One of society's absurd delusions is that the spending of money can cure something.
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All we have to do is to receive what we are given...We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to ignore self-defeating suggestions, to be pleasant, forgiving, tender, helpful, unworried, brave, energetic.
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Genuine effort is success.
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See human nonsense as nonsense and save years of trying to make sense out of it.
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Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.
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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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You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one.
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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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You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
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The reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth.
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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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Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.
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Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man than you can paint the air.
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Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
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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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We can no more enjoy life by hoping for a future result than we can enjoy music by waiting for the final note.
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Instead of fighting your problems, picture your way out of them.
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You need only choose ... then keep choosing as many times as necessary. That is all you need do. And it is certainly something you can do. Then as you continue to choose, everything is yours.
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