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Quotes by 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.”

“Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.”

“Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.”

“Stucy carefully the law of cause and effect.”

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

We are exactly where we have chosen to be.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.

Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have acquired the false notion that tyranny or dictatorship or cruelty are the outcomes of a powerful personality. These characteristics are not power. They are weaknesses disguised as power.

The following terms all mean one and the same thing: God, goodness, mental health, truth, decency, happiness, freedom, reality, peace, love, sensibleness.

Evil is an attack against human spiritual development and enlightenment. All evil, badness, neurosis - it has one motive and one motive only, which is to destroy - to destroy your chance of arising above yourself.

Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.

Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.

Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are.

You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.