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Today I don't want to live for, I want to live.

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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
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Hugh Edmondson Prather III
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A whole mind cannot create chaos. A conflicted mind can create nothing else.
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Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.
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If your reaction to your partner's fear-or any other form of distress- is disdain or irritation, you do not want oneness or even friendship with your partner at that moment.
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There are only three things you need to let go of judging, controlling, and being right. Release these three and you will have the whole mind and twinkly heart of a child.
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Sometimes when I generalize, I am saying, 'Let's pretend I am God,' and of course the other person argues that point endlessly. But I notice that if the other person takes a stand for himself and states his thoughts as his thoughts, I pay more attention to what he is saying and look deeper in myself.
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We are all saying the same thing in different words.
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When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.
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Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.
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Happiness is gentleness, peace, concentration, simplicity, forgiveness, humor, fearlessness, trust, and now.
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There is no place love is not.
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Forgive and be happy. That is the ancient secret?the only wisdom ever to be attained.
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Many books on communication are strong on theory but impractical on application. Marshall Rosenberg's instant classic is the stand-out exception. It is clear and compelling in its logic and flat-out inspiring in its inviting exposition of usable techniques and strategies. If this book is read by enough people, the world will transform.
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True humor is fun - it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and cut off. True humor has beneath it the understanding that we are all in this together.
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A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.
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Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace.
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'Fault' means failure to meet a standard. Whose? Mine.
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Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.
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Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side.
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My trouble is I analyze life instead of live it.
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Next time I will ... From now on I will ... - What makes me think I am wiser today than I will be tomorrow?
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