A chief cause of unhappiness is what I call mental movies. Mental movies are a misuse of the imagination. You know how it goes. You have a painful experience with someone, then run it over and over in your mind.… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Tell a man that he is putting on a stage performance in order to get what he wants, and he will irritably reject your observation. Why? Because most people go through life as cunning actors with a permanent horror of… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
“A self-working individual will be sitting around home one day when the startling thought occurs, “Here I am, sitting around, doing nothing of interest,… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting people while pretending to help them. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people;… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
It is against the law to permit weak people to steal your strength. Never permit it. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Men have the illusion of having a duty to make the world spin properly, which is precisely what makes it wobble. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through... whatever we see a negative… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive,… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Don't try to be unafraid. That is impossible. Rather, go ahead while being afraid. That is the entire secret for abolishing fear. The Supermind… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
