It (an authentic teaching) must give us an explanation of our opposition to God and to our own good. It must teach us the remedies for these infirmities, and the means of obtaining these remedies. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Vernon Howard Quote – “Thinking produces noisy and wrong action…”
Thinking produces noisy and wrong action. Seeing allows silent and right action. Vernon Howard (1918 – 1992)
Vernon Howard Quote – “Life-victory arrives by desiring spiritual answers…”
Life-victory arrives by desiring spiritual answers more than you desire exterior results. Vernon Howard (1918 – 1992)
Vernon Howard Quote – “You must perform your spiritual exercises…”
You must perform your spiritual exercises without prophesying the nature of your reward. If you have a preconceived notion of the reward, you may or may not get it, but the very desire for that reward blocks the higher reward, which is above all mental prophecy. As you actually receive a few higher rewards, and your cosmic confidence rises, you […]
Blaise Pascal Quote – “Man does not know in what rank to place himself…”
Man does not know in what rank to place himself. He has plainly gone astray and fallen from his true place, without being able to find it again. He seeks it anxiously and unsuccessfully, everywhere in impenetrable darkness. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Vernon Howard Quote – “… Spiritual roots can grow deeper in adversity…”
Don’t waste the works of the devil. Spiritual roots can grow deeper in adversity. Use the inner, raging storms. Have sight without flight or fight. Remain a seer. Nothing is too much. All storms are for growth. Remember, no exceptions! Vernon Howard (1918 – 1992)
Montaigne Quote – “Nothing is so firmly believed…”
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 – 1592)
Miguel de Molinos Quote – “Lose no time…”
Lose no time, get up and take the course again, for he who rises quickly and continues his race makes it as if he had never fallen. Miguel de Molinos (circa 1628 – 1696)
Vernon Howard Quote – “There is value in everything that happens to you…”
There is value in everything that happens to you, especially in those events that appear sorrowful or troublesome. Suffering can supply us with the very ending of suffering, if only we listen to its lesson. Fear, when carefully examined, can free us from fear. Vernon Howard (1918 – 1992)
Vernon Howard Quote – “What you want also wants you…”
What you want also wants you. If you seek the celestial the celestial also seeks you. There are no unanswered requests in the universe. If we do not like what we are receiving, we can learn to ask for something different. Then we will find what we wish. Vernon Howard (1918 – 1992)