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The problem is not what other people think, do or say it is your reaction.

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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 liberty from everything that makes us unhappy.
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Cruelty practiced as a matter of social principle or public policy, and presented to the community as a means to a higher goal is the most obscene and decadent phenomenon of any civilization.
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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 are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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Realize that the surface personality has no interest in anything which might disturb its darling delusions.
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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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