Vernon Howard
Vernon Howard
Vernon Linwood Howardwas an American spiritual teacher, author, and philosopher...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth16 March 1918
CountryUnited States of America
slave
We can become slaves to things we don't understand
simple worry world
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!
trying
Don't try to live. Let yourself be lived.
storm moments ends
The outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
needs obsession obsessed
A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction.
men self two
Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory.
men thinking delusion
When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
fun truth truth-is
The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
grief self confusion
Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation.
wise spiritual teacher
Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.
mind trying dawn
When the mind is exhausted in trying to find the answer, the answer dawns.
self goal upset
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.
mean animal civilization
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.
self unseen behavior
All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.