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There is no place love is not.

Hugh Prather

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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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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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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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When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.
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Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes and I am left the same. The more things change the more I am the same. I am what I started with, and when it is all over I will be all that is left of me.
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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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If my attention is wandering, there is somewhere it wants to go, so obviously it does not want to be where I am holding it in the name of some self-styled obligation.
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It seems that the truth is needed today is always a lie by tomorrow.
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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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Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.
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When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love them, our walk home can be surprisingly simple. We have enormous power not to manipulate the world, but to be happy and to know peace.
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We are all saying the same thing in different words.
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No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves
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Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.
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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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We become what we look at most.
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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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All my life, I have made it complicated, but it is so simple. I love when I love. And when I love, I am myself.
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There is nothing more painful than walking around with bitterness in your heart.
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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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