“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.”
"Don’t be afraid to let go of this acquired, invented identity; this false feeling of ‘I.’ That is like being afraid to let go of a headache. That is what the imaginary ‘I’ is—one great big headache."
- Vernon Howard
Self-awareness
"The fact is, everything we want or yearn for is won through other people. No man on an island is happy; he is merely existing. The joyous life is the one filled with rich relationships."
- Vernon Howard
Relationships
"A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep."
- Vernon Howard
Courage
"Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will."
- Vernon Howard
Learning
"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."
- Vernon Howard
Inner Peace
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
- Epictetus
Contentment
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."
- A. A. Milne
Contentment
"Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself."
- Jason Fried
Contentment
"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."
Contentment
"As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."
Contentment