Vernon Howard Men Quotations

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

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory.

When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.

Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man than you can paint the air.

Men have the illusion of having a duty to make the world spin properly, which is precisely what makes it wobble.

Living in the now is freedom from all problems connected with time. You ought to remember that sentence, you ought to memorize it, and ought to take it out, you ought to practice it, you ought to apply it. And most of all, you ought to rejoice in it because you have just heard how not to be wretched, miserable you any more but to be a brand new, and forever brand new man or woman.

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.

As incredible as it sounds, an unhappy man does not realize that happiness is better than unhappiness. Knowing only his own concealed anguish, he worships it, which is the same as self-worship.

The genuinely spiritual person is one who has lost all desire to be anyone but exactly who he is, without labels and without apologies. He is what he is and that's all there's is to it. Such a man is undivided, uncomplicated and contented.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.