Who asks a king for a penny?
VERNON HOWARDWho asks a king for a penny?
VERNON HOWARDThe only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
VERNON HOWARDSee human nonsense as nonsense and save years of trying to make sense out of it.
VERNON HOWARDStudy carefully the law of cause and effect.
VERNON HOWARDAll heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
VERNON HOWARDThe search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
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 HOWARDThe genuinely spiritual person is one who has lost all desire to be anyone but exactly who he is, without labels and without apologies. He is what he is and that’s all there’s is to it. Such a man is undivided, uncomplicated and contented.
VERNON HOWARDWe clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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 HOWARDA truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
VERNON HOWARDPseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.
VERNON HOWARDYou can not escape a prison if you do not know you’re in one.
VERNON HOWARDWhen one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it.
VERNON HOWARDBe teachable. That is the whole secret.
VERNON HOWARDWhat you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind.
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