Vernon Howard (1918 – 1992)
American writer and spiritual teacher.
If we will repeatedly suffer the humiliation of admitting that we really do not know what we're talking about, eventually we will.
People fight to preserve their frozen beliefs and then complain of the cold!
God himself has made it possible for you to live without the dark place and the pains that rush out and flood out and take you over. Your choice of wanting to see and work is essential to you if you want to get rid of your feeling of emptiness, of futility. You've lied to yourself and said, 'I know what to do to get rid of the pain.' You've never gotten rid of the pain and that's evidence of self-deceit. You have to stop playing cruel tricks on yourself. So stop. Now.
Procrastination is illogical from every viewpoint. It is like the man who wanted to cross the stream, so he sat on the bank to wait for all the water to run by.
No man is really interested in getting what he craves. He is really interested in being at peace with himself, but dosen't know how.
If we choose the easy way, by letting another think for us, we must eventually tread the hard way. If we select the hard way, by insisting upon our own mental integrity, we eventually come to the easy way.
The less life in a person, the more he will try to live off your life.
All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable - when lived in fully - of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.
Consciously risk the loss of something before losing it, and you will lose the fear of losing it.
When we associate with others we really associate with ourselves. We like or dislike in others whatever we like or dislike in ourselves.
The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
The only way you're going to have a good relationship with anyone is to have a good relationship with yourself.
The delusion of having wisdom creates the dangerous delusion of having power, leading to disaster.
Try to see what attitudes rule your day, then ask what kind of a day you usually have.
Honestly face your inner poverty as a means of discovering your inner wealth.
Why do you permit a mere word to stand in your way? Forget the word "difficult" and take your next step.
Worried thought prevents practical thought which could prevent worried thought.
Mental silence is the perfect response to a challenge.
What a dawning appears to the man or woman who earnestly inquires, 'Who is living my life for me?' Am I really thinking for myself or am I unknowingly projecting acquired ideas which may be all wrong?