Evil wants you to think that its power is absolute, endless. It wants to so make you quake and quiver that all… — Vernon Howard Evil Copy Share Image
Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side. — Vernon Howard Dark Copy Share Image
Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will… — 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… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Whenever encountering a troublesome person, do not identify him as being cruel or stupid or rude or anything else like that. Instead,… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman,… — Vernon Howard Excellence Copy Share Image
What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest. — Vernon Howard Character Copy Share Image
Realize that the surface personality has no interest in anything which might disturb its darling delusions. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
An obvious fact about negative feelings is often overlooked. They are caused by us, not by exterior happenings. An outside event presents… — Vernon Howard Challenges 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 Copy Share Image
There is no way reality can be prevented from flowing the way it flows. It is our vain attempts to force it… — Vernon Howard Conflict Copy Share Image
All we have to do is to receive what we are given...We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm… — Vernon Howard Brave Copy Share Image
We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen,… — Vernon Howard Clash Copy Share Image
A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
“The true way of knowing yourself includes neither self-praise nor self-blame, but only a wise silence.” — Vernon Howard Identity 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 Copy Share Image
The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness. — Vernon Howard Character Copy Share Image
Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man than… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Procrastination is illogical from every viewpoint. It is like the man who wanted to cross the stream, so he sat on the… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image