A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
– Vernon Howard
All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
– Vernon Howard
Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
– Vernon Howard
Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
– Vernon Howard
Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
– Vernon Howard
Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory.
– Vernon Howard
It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
– Vernon Howard
Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
– Vernon Howard
Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are.
– Vernon Howard
Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.
– Vernon Howard
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.
– Vernon Howard
Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.
– Vernon Howard
Study carefully the law of cause and effect.
– Vernon Howard
To change what you get you must change who you are.
– Vernon Howard
We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
– Vernon Howard
We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
– Vernon Howard
We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
– Vernon Howard
We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
– Vernon Howard
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.
– 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.
– Vernon Howard
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
– Vernon Howard
Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
– Vernon Howard
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.