You are not condemned for anything, but you are also not excused from anything. See these two ideas together at the same time, and a powerful third force for self-awakening is created. – Vernon Howard
We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception. – Vernon Howard
Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally. – Vernon Howard
We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman, having inner command and outer excellence. – Vernon Howard
The following terms all mean one and the same thing: God, goodness, mental health, truth, decency, happiness, freedom, reality, peace, love, sensibleness. – Vernon Howard
We clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks. – Vernon Howard
Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence. – Vernon Howard
When you’re young, you don’t have much sense. You don’t have any reasoning power. You don’t have any ability to take a blow, an insult, a hurt in the right way. There is no way a child can do that. All a child can do is feel the pang of it, the heartache of it. – Vernon Howard
What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind. – Vernon Howard
All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied. – Vernon Howard
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. – Vernon Howard
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. – Vernon Howard
Beauty is only skin deep, but it’s a valuable asset if you’re poor or haven’t any sense. – Vernon Howard
Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it. – Vernon Howard
Start your day in a upward direction, and the rest of the day will follow the uphill path. – Vernon Howard
Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last? – Vernon Howard
Remember that cosmic fact and mental myth cannot occupy the same place at the same time, any more than two hands can occupy the same glove. So choose what is truly right for you. – Vernon Howard
People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you. – Vernon Howard
It is not the strong who are dangerous to the world and to themselves. It is the weak and the inadequate who threaten – and sometimes destroy – mankind’s peace and prosperity. – Vernon Howard
A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill. – Vernon Howard