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
spiritual real simple
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.
prison can-not ifs
You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one.
life vanity order
The leap is made by dropping vanity over knowledge and by a willingness to become nothing in order to become everything.
world woe causes
The need to impress others causes half the world's woes.
years feet sensible
It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.
matter viewpoints truth-is
Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
self sea psychics
Suppose 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. There is nothing we can DO to gain psychic beauty. It already exists without our effort. We need only be where we belong, that is, in self-union. Then, beauty IS.
letting-go journey venture
You must dare to disassociate yourself from those who would delay your journey... Leave, depart, if not physically, then mentally. Go your own way, quietly, undramatically, and venture toward Trueness at last.
beauty skins poor
Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
action reactions destructive
You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them
stupid rude frightened
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.
worried practicals
Worried thought prevents practical thought which could prevent worried thought.
hurt acceptance people
No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.
successful successful-day truth-is
Every day that you attempt to see things as they are in truth Is a supremely successful day.