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Do not mistake desire for love. Desire leaves home in a frantic search for one gratification after another. Love is at home with itself.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Home
Love
Frantic
Gratification
Search
Leaves
Mistake
Desire
Another

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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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Don't look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature.
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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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We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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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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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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