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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything it's the understanding of something.

Vernon Howard

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Understanding
Happiness
Anything
Something
Acquisition

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See human nonsense as nonsense and save years of trying to make sense out of it.
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We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.
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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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Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.
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We find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it.
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The problem is not what other people think, do or say it is your reaction.
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Whenever encountering a troublesome person, do not identify him as being cruel or stupid or rude or anything else like that. Instead, see him as a frightened person.
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The need to impress others causes half the world's woes.
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