Vernon Howard Quotes
Top 94 wise famous quotes and sayings by Vernon Howard
Vernon Howard Famous Quotes & Sayings
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We can no more enjoy life by hoping for a future result than we can enjoy music by waiting for the final note.
Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
Society is like a crowd in carnival costumes with everyone fearful that others will see through his disguise.
By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.
The leap is made by dropping vanity over knowledge and by a willingness to become nothing in order to become everything.
The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable - when lived in fully - of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.
Our life-transformation is in exact proportion to the amount of truth we can take without running away.
A perfect method for awakening is to examine the results of our daily actions. If they are harmful, we know we need more consciousness.
Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory.
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.
Do not mistake desire for love. Desire leaves home in a frantic search for one gratification after another. Love is at home with itself.
Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for
you can no more insult a mature man than you can paint the air.
you can no more insult a mature man than you can paint the air.
Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
Self awakening enables you to see the human scene as it is, not as it appears to be, which frees you of its chaos.
When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
Men have the illusion of having a duty to make the world spin properly, which is precisely what makes it wobble.
Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.
You can end half your troubles immediately by no longer permitting people to tell you what you want.
The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting people while pretending to help them.
Realize that the surface personality has no interest in anything which might disturb its darling delusions.
All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the
mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.
mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.
It is utterly useless to try to change the outer world, for it is but a reflection of inner causes. The true seeker seeks to change himself.
Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.
Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.
You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them
Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.