These are tidbits from Vernon Howard.
I really like his style. Simple, truthful, and common sense.




Start All Over

“There are certain prayers that receive an instant answer of ‘yes.’ Here is one of them: ‘As usual, I have been hasty and foolish. May I please start all over again?’”

End Struggle

“The struggle comes to an end when there is no for and against.”

Niceness

“The only niceness we have is an idea. The only way to be nice is to be real.”

No Compromise

“There can be no compromise with the truth. It must be given priority high above our petty little lives with our criticisms, resentments, revenge and all other small feelings.”

Mature Mind

“A mature mind sees long-distance cause and effect. An immature mind sees only instant ego-gratification regardless of the consequences.”

Inner Liberation

“Inner liberation can be described as a condition in which you no longer take either credit or blame for anything.”

Aim to Understand

“Aim to understand the dragon, not defeat him; to understand the dragon is his defeat.”

Self-Rescue

“Everything I need to know for self-rescue can be known. Anything I can’t know, it is not necessary for me to know. Self-rescue is all that matters and all knowledge for attaining it is open to my receptivity.”

True Caring

“There is true caring for others when you are consciously intolerant of the behavior by which they are wrecking themselves.”

The Birth of Eternity

“The death of mechanical thought is the death of me; therefore, the death of misery and the birth of eternity. Thoughts do not enter heaven.”

Negative Forces

“Understand that you don’t have to obey your negative forces. You obey them now because you are them.”

Spiritual Work

“False spiritual work keeps you comfortable. Real spiritual work makes you uneasy.”

What is Real

“Spiritual knowledge followed by self-surrender develops what is reaLoneliness”

Loneliness

“Loneliness is caused by trying to find a sense of completion where it can’t be found.”