Quotes from Vernon Howard

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

We are exactly where we have chosen to be.

When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.

The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting people while pretending to help them.

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

The true way of knowing yourself includes neither self-praise nor self-blame, but only a wise silence.

Human sickness is so severe that few can bear to look at it...but those who do will become well.

Don't think that you must involve yourself with complex intellectual philosophies. Don't try to be profound or educated. That only wears you out. Just be simple. Let everyday life be your teacher.

Circumstances are conquered simply by having no egotistical need to conquer them.

Doing good to someone in order to reduce self-guilt will only ruin things for both of you.

There is great wisdom in asking, "How can I get out of this?" There is even greater wisdom in asking, "How did I get INTO this?

Inner liberation can be described as a condition in which you no longer take either credit or blame for anything.

Your unhappiness consists of what you cannot be told about yourself.

Your level of mental awareness attracts the habitual life you lead.

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, nothing to hope for, no one to talk with-and I am not depressed.

Just as darkness cannot put out a candle, evil has no real power over goodness.

Regrets at losing social or financial opportunities are both delusion and needless pain.

Think of happiness as a state of inner liberty. That is exactly what it is. It is never anything else. It will help if you forget the word happiness altogether. Substitute the term inner liberty. It works favorably upon your thinking habits. It connects inner liberty with the genuine meaning of happiness. And that puts you on the right track.