Vernon Linwood Howard (March 16, 1918 – August 23, 1992) was an American spiritual teacher, author, and philosopher.
Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
Don't try to be unafraid. That is impossible. Rather, go ahead while being afraid. That is the entire secret for abolishing fear. The Supermind teaches us to have no self-concern at all. Whatever happens to you, act as though it happened to someone else.
We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
Learn this great secret of life: What people call interruption or disturbance to their routine is just as much a part of living as the routine. To split life into two parts, one called routine and the other called interruption, is to be caught between them.
You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one.
The outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction.
Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
A desperation to escape a problem is the wrong way. A passion to understand it is the right way