214 Quotes by Vernon Howard

What a dawning appears to the man or woman who earnestly inquires, ‘Who is living my life for me?’ Am I really thinking for myself or am I unknowingly projecting acquired ideas which may be all wrong?

Don’t think that you must involve yourself with complex intellectual philosophies. Don’t try to be profound or educated. That only wears you out. Just be simple. Let everyday life be your teacher.

Don’t look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature.

The genuinely spiritual person is one who has lost all desire to be anyone but exactly who he is, without labels and without apologies. He is what he is and that’s all there’s is to it. Such a man is undivided, uncomplicated and contented.

Circumstances are conquered simply by having no egotistical need to conquer them.

You command a condition by having no negative attitudes toward it.

Think of happiness as a state of inner liberty. That is exactly what it is. It is never anything else. It will help if you forget the word happiness altogether. Substitute the term inner liberty. It works favorably upon your thinking habits. It connects inner liberty with the genuine meaning of happiness. And that puts you on the right track.

There is great wisdom in asking, “How can I get out of this?” There is even greater wisdom in asking, “How did I get INTO this?

Inner liberation can be described as a condition in which you no longer take either credit or blame for anything.