Don’t try to be spiritual. That is only a word in the dictionary. Make it your goal to become a normally functioning individual. Let these principles shape you according to your real nature of a simple, decent, honest, unafraid human being.
VERNON HOWARDHappiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation.
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Whenever encountering a troublesome person, do not identify him as being cruel or stupid or rude or anything else like that. Instead, see him as a frightened person.
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Society is like a crowd in carnival costumes with everyone fearful that others will see through his disguise.
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Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.
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Who asks a king for a penny?
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A perfect method for awakening is to examine the results of our daily actions. If they are harmful, we know we need more consciousness.
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All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
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Truth does not really hurt, rather it is our resistance to its message that causes us pain.
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You have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!
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You have it made when you don’t care whether you have it made or not.
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When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it’s a valuable asset if you’re poor or haven’t any sense.
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Change is never a loss – it is change only.
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