More Quotes by Vernon Howard
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.
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.
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
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.
You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one.
It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.
You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them
No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.
