Vernon Linwood Howard (March 16, 1918 – August 23, 1992) was an American spiritual teacher, author, and philosopher.
The Truth must be told at all costs, no matter how unpopular it may be. The authentic spiritual leader, having freed himself of his own false need to be popular, tells the Truth whether it falls on fertile or stony ground. Such a teacher is the salt of the earth, though few know it. If you think the world is delirious as is, you would find it intolerable without his healing influence.
Realize that the surface personality has no interest in anything which might disturb its darling delusions.
It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.
The reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth.
When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it, you have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!
You need only choose. . . then keep choosing as many times as necessary. That is all you need do. And it is certainly something you can do. Then as you continue to choose, everything is yours.
Study carefully the law of cause and effect.
Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.
Instead of fighting your problems, picture your way out of them.
To change what you get you must change who you are.
Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
Genuine kindness is not what we do, it is what we are.
Genuine effort is success.
Worried thought prevents practical thought which could prevent worried thought.
The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
Is the beam from a lighthouse affected by howling wind and rain? It remains perfectly steadfast and unaffected by the storm. Your true self is like that. Nothing can ever harm you once you are consciously aware that it is so.
Self awakening enables you to see the human scene as it is, not as it appears to be, which frees you of its chaos.
Men have the illusion of having a duty to make the world spin properly, which is precisely what makes it wobble.