Vernon Howard Quotes

Do not abandon trust when your ego thinks things should be different than they are.

Accept what comes to you totally & completely so that you can appreciate it, learn from it & then let it go.

Whatsoever you are waiting for, you are waiting in vain. It is not going to happen, and what is going to happen has nothing to do with your expectations and your desires. You just let it come in; don't block the way. Remove yourself out of your own way. This time, with no expectations, no desires, no hopes, just meditate.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.

The secret of zen is just two words: not... always... so.

No matter how many times I tell you this, you're still thinking, thinking, judging, judging, coming to conclusions, trying to work out your life. You have to let go. Totally, absolutely, completely. You have to let go so completely that you will feel no body, no mind, no pain, nothing.

If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?

It sounds clichéd, but I think the greatest lesson is to not take things personally.

Treat gain and loss the same.' Don't be Intimidated. Don't make a Big Deal of anything - just accept things as they come to you.

We can't control what thoughts and emotions arise within us, nor can we control the universal truth that everything changes. But we can learn to step back and rest in the awareness of what's happening. That awareness can be our refuge.

Don't worry about what you can't control.

In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It's a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome.

Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment.

What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?

Commit to growing yourself. Do not avoid problems and or complain about problems. Don't let them bother you. In fact, don't even call them problems; refer to them as "challenges" or "situations". Let go of the emotion and drama you create when you don't get what you want. Just stay present and handle one situation at a time with an open mind and an open heart. Trust yourself and in the universe that everything will work out in the end.

Detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That’s how you are able to leave it.

Only by letting go can we truly possess what is real.

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life.

Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.

Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you're flexible, when you're spontaneous, when you're detached, when you're easy on yourself and easy on others.

If we can remain present and deal with the moment in front of us, no matter what our battle, then if we lose, we'll know that ultimately we weren't supposed to win that battle in the first place.

You can't ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind, to step outside of the endless cycle of desire and aversion.

So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them.