Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are.... — Vernon Howard Education Copy Share Image
You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one. — Vernon Howard Can not Copy Share Image
Mysticism is: a. An advanced state of inner enlightenment. b. Union with Reality. c. A state of genuinely satisfying success. d. Insight… — Vernon Howard Above and beyond Copy Share Image
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. — Vernon Howard Approval Copy Share Image
Do not mistake desire for love. Desire leaves home in a frantic search for one gratification after another. Love is at home… — Vernon Howard Desire Copy Share Image
The following terms all mean one and the same thing: God, goodness, mental health, truth, decency, happiness, freedom, reality, peace, love, sensibleness. — Vernon Howard Freedom Copy Share Image
Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense. — Vernon Howard Beauty Copy Share Image
A perfect method for awakening is to examine the results of our daily actions. If they are harmful, we know we need… — Vernon Howard Action Copy Share Image
Have the daring to stop doing the things you really don't want to do. Can you see them? Look closely. Can you… — Vernon Howard Action Copy Share Image
“When understanding another person's problem you help him correctly, even though there is nothing you can do about it.” — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent. — Vernon Howard Agreement Copy Share Image
Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something. — Vernon Howard Acquisition Copy Share Image
A chief cause of unhappiness is what I call mental movies. Mental movies are a misuse of the imagination. You know how… — Vernon Howard Awful Copy Share Image
“Just as darkness cannot put out a candle, evil has no real power over goodness.” — Vernon Howard Darkness Copy Share Image
“Rushing emotions have no more real power to sweep you away than a tiny brook can move a boulder.” — Vernon Howard Real power Copy Share Image
Our life-transformation is in exact proportion to the amount of truth we can take without running away. — Vernon Howard Amount Copy Share Image
“A person radiates what he really is, not what he imagines he is, and attracts what he radiates.” — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Realize that the surface personality has no interest in anything which might disturb its darling delusions. — Vernon Howard Darling Copy Share Image
Bitterness is the outcome of a wrong mental movement - the attempt to force external events to conform to internal fantasy. The… — Vernon Howard Bitterness Copy Share Image
Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone. — Vernon Howard Ability Copy Share Image
The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness. — Vernon Howard Character Copy Share Image
The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable - when lived in fully - of destroying forever every… — Vernon Howard Capable Copy Share Image
A false path must be tensely and angrily defended by those it has deceived. — Vernon Howard Choices Copy Share Image
