All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
VERNON HOWARDAll heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
VERNON HOWARDDo not let them deceive you into assuming that they are creative forces; they are not. They are thieves of genuine powers. As always, your awareness of their thievery is your first fine step toward casting them out.
VERNON HOWARDWe cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove compulsive desires altogether by understanding their nature.
VERNON HOWARDJust be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
VERNON HOWARDDon’t look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature.
VERNON HOWARDInner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.
VERNON HOWARDThe need to impress others causes half the world’s woes.
VERNON HOWARDIs the beam from a lighthouse affected by howling wind and rain? It remains perfectly steadfast and unaffected by the storm. Your true self is like that. Nothing can ever harm you once you are consciously aware that it is so.
VERNON HOWARDAll we have to do is to receive what we are given…We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to ignore self-defeating suggestions, to be pleasant, forgiving, tender, helpful, unworried, brave, energetic.
VERNON HOWARDSelf-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives
VERNON HOWARDWe are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
VERNON HOWARDGenuine effort is success.
VERNON HOWARDA truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
VERNON HOWARDThe leap is made by dropping vanity over knowledge and by a willingness to become nothing in order to become everything.
VERNON HOWARDSuppose you stand on a high place to enjoy the beauty of the sparkling sea below. You need do nothing to create that beauty; you need only BE IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE IT IS, and let nature do the rest. So it is with the inner life.
VERNON HOWARDThe outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
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