List of Vernon Howard Quotes

When 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, 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!

Quit Thinking That You Must Halt Before The Barrier Of Inner Negativity. You Need Not. You Can Crash Through... Whatever We See A Negative State, That Is Where We Can Destroy It.

Persistence Prevails, Like A Stream That Is Temporarily Blocked By Boulders And Then Collects Force Enough To Overflow Onward.

We 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.

One False Idea Is That Anyone Can Hurt You. Events Can Ruin Your Reputation, Take Your Money, Mistreat You, Revenge Itself Upon You, Deceive, Betray, Abandon You, But Cannot Hurt You.

You See Everything Depends Upon The Psychological Headquarters From Which We Live. 'where Am I Living From?' Ask Yourself That Question. If You Don't Like Your Headquarters, You Can Move Any Time You Like. Break Away. Don't Tell Anyone About It. Others Will Either Smile Tolerantly Or Mouth Sanctimonious Babble. Make Your Escape Plans In Secret. Never Mind If You Lose Certain Friends, You Will Find Others Who Also Have Dared. They Will Be Ten-thousand Times More Valuable To You.

We Clearly Realize That Freedom's Inner Kingdom Cannot Be Touched By Exterior Attacks.

Insight Into The Two Selves Within A Man Clears Up Many Confusions And Contradictions. It Was Our Understanding That Preceded Our Victory.

There Exists A Special Self Which Takes Every Event As If It Were The Very Thing You Wanted To Happen. That Self Is The Supermind, Which Is Never Upset By Anything. Your Goal Is To Nourish It Into Greater Strength. Then, Every Step Is Sunlit.

Aloneness Is A Wise Teacher. Kierkegaard Remarked That One Sign Of Spiritual Maturity Was The Ability To Be Comfortable When Alone.

It Is Wise To Seek Immortality For Time Defeats All Other Ambitions.

Cruelty Practiced As A Matter Of Social Principle Or Public Policy, And Presented To The Community As A Means To A Higher Goal Is The Most Obscene And Decadent Phenomenon Of Any Civilization.