More Quotes by Vernon Howard
To change what you get you must change who you are.
The reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth.
The genuinely spiritual person is one who has lost all desire to be anyone but exactly who he is, without labels and without apologies. He is what he is and that's all there's is to it. Such a man is undivided, uncomplicated and contented.
It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.
The need to impress others causes half the world's woes.
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.
The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
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.
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.
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
