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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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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything it's the understanding of something.
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Bitterness is the outcome of a wrong mental movement - the attempt to force external events to conform to internal fantasy. The cure is to see fantasy as fantasy, which will reveal it as neither necessary nor rewarding.
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The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
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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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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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We find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it.
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It is wise to seek immortality for time defeats all other ambitions.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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