Vernon Howard: Trending quotes (page 3)

“You are not responsible for anyone who stubbornly chooses to ruin his own life.”

“When we associate with others we really associate with ourselves. We like or dislike in others whatever we like or dislike in ourselves.”

“Why do you permit a mere word to stand in your way? Forget the word "difficult" and take your next step.”

“Everyone has imaginary ideas of himself as being this or that sort of person. And you can be sure that the images are highly complimentary! But since they are purely imaginary, they are highly sensitive to assault by reality.”

“The need to impress others causes half the world's woes. Don't add to them. Be real, not impressive.”

“To win real rewards, we must firmly decline the deceptive rewards offered by society.”

“Procrastination is illogical from every viewpoint. It is like the man who wanted to cross the stream, so he sat on the bank to wait for all the water to run by.”

“No man is really interested in getting what he craves. He is really interested in being at peace with himself, but dosen't know how.”

“Mental sickness has set up a system by which it never loses. No matter what you do and no matter what the results are, you will win an ego-victory. That means that when you send your desires out into the world: 1. You will get what you want, or 2. You won't get what you want. Of you get what you want, the pseudo-nature says, "I have at last been given what I so richly deserve," and the sickness feels affirmed. If you don't get what you want, you feel sorry for yourself. You still feel affirmed because you get a feeling, and that's all that neurosis wants is a feeling.”

“Self-righteousness loves to pounce on an evil which by sheer accident is not its particular evil.”

“Truth does not hurt, rather, it is our resistance to its message that causes pain.”

“Astonishingly, if you will have absolutely nothing to do with suffering, suffering will have nothing to do with you.”