There is no way reality can be prevented from flowing the way it flows. It is our vain attempts to force it to flow in the service of our imaginary needs which sets us in painful conflict with our- selves and nature.
VERNON HOWARDThere is no way reality can be prevented from flowing the way it flows. It is our vain attempts to force it to flow in the service of our imaginary needs which sets us in painful conflict with our- selves and nature.
VERNON HOWARDStudy carefully the law of cause and effect.
VERNON HOWARDTruth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
VERNON HOWARDDo not mistake desire for love. Desire leaves home in a frantic search for one gratification after another. Love is at home with itself.
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 HOWARDWho asks a king for a penny?
VERNON HOWARDMysticism is not this or that particular cup on the table; it is the water poured into all of them.
VERNON HOWARDWe clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
VERNON HOWARDChange is never a loss – it is change only.
VERNON HOWARDThe outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
VERNON HOWARDA false path must be tensely and angrily defended by those it has deceived.
VERNON HOWARDThe search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
VERNON HOWARDAloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.
VERNON HOWARDThe most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
VERNON HOWARDDon’t look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature.
VERNON HOWARDAn obvious fact about negative feelings is often overlooked. They are caused by us, not by exterior happenings. An outside event presents the challenge, but we react to it. So we must attend to the way we take things, not to the things themselves.
VERNON HOWARD