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The need to impress others causes half the world's woes.

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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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See human nonsense as nonsense and save years of trying to make sense out of it.
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Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
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Our life-transformation is in exact proportion to the amount of truth we can take without running away.
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We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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A desperation to escape a problem is the wrong way. A passion to understand it is the right way
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The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable - when lived in fully - of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.
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A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.
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You must dare to disassociate yourself from those who would delay your journey... Leave, depart, if not physically, then mentally. Go your own way, quietly, undramatically, and venture toward Trueness at last.
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