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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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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
Writer
Hugh Edmondson Prather III
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Time
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Don't fight a fact, deal with it.
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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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Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing. In this way boredom can act as an invitation to freedom by opening me to new options and thoughts. For example, if I can't change the activity, can I look at it more honestly?
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No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves
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Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.
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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 a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better.
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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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When we persist in looking for and finding what there is to value within our self, we discover a pure and loving being.
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A whole mind cannot create chaos. A conflicted mind can create nothing else.
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You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. You are only young once, then you need another reason to act foolish. You are the only authority on what is best for you.
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Today I don't want to live for, I want to live.
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It is your right to be happy. This is what you were made for. And if you will not resist, happiness will find a way to pour from your heart and fill your days.
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We are all saying the same thing in different words.
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A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.
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An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship.
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What an absurd amount of energy I have been wasting all my life trying to find out how things 'really are', when all the time they weren't.
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Books seek us out. They slip themselves into our hands just at the time we are ready for a new self-concept.
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One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private procrastination or insincerity, no matter how subtle or quick in passing, is paid for.
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I talk because I feel, and I talk to you because I want you to know how I feel.
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