VERNON HOWARD

To change what you get you must change who you are.

A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.

We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.

It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

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

We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.

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.

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

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.

Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.

We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.

Study carefully the law of cause and effect.

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

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

All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.

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

Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?

We are exactly where we have chosen to be.

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.

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.

You can't come into this world without becoming its victim.