Vernon Howard Quotes

Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.

In the madness, you have to find calm.

A temptation arises: it is the wind. It disturbs you: it is the surging of the seas. This is the time to awaken Christ and let Him remind you of these words

...but somehow the madness around me and the turmoil I carried within myself acted as counterweights, and I survived in the centre.

A mind that is characterized by unrest will not be tranquil even in the presence of great calm.

From the outside, my life may look chaotic, but inside I feel like some kind of monk licking an ice cream cone while straddling a runaway horse.

I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate.

I don't feel like a 40-year-old. I feel more like four 10-year-olds, each pulling in a different direction.

I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.

I used to find that I could get mental serenity surrounded by chaos.

I feel like I play better when I'm calm. There is an inner peace I can tap into sometimes during my matches.

At the heart of the cyclone tearing the sky is a place of central calm.

Peace is more than just a feeling. It's the mental and physical frequency where you'll find all your real power.

But even so, amid the tornadoed Atlantic of my being, do I myself still for ever centrally disport in mute calm; and while ponderous planets of unwaning woe revolve round me, deep down and deep inland there I still bathe me in eternal mildness of joy.

I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo.

Abiding in peace makes us a threat to any storm.

It is not necessary to do things in a state of anxiety or anguish. That is not the way to be aligned with life.

You've only mastered the storm you can sleep through.

Both heaven and hell are within us.

Serenity of spirit and turbulence of action should make up the sum of a man's life.

Its all about finding the calm in the chaos.

My calmness is peace of heart, which reflects in the life I live. This peace of heart is the source that calms the storm.

Within you is the kingdom of serenity that can create all the prosperity you could ever want.

I am overrun, infested with a menagerie of desires.