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I'd rather be happy than right.

Hugh Prather

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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
Writer
Hugh Edmondson Prather III
Happiness
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perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never experience anything new my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when i make a mistake i experience something unexpected.... when i have listened to my mistakes i have grown.
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Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
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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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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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When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.
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Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored there must be something else I want to be doing... boredom acts as an initiator of originality by pushing me into new activities or new thoughts.
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We are all saying the same thing in different words.
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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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If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better.
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My trouble is I analyze life instead of live it.
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The fatal mistake is waiting for life's circumstances to be right before we begin. Simply begin with your heart, look deeply into it and trust what you feel. Practice knowing and you will know.
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'Fault' means failure to meet a standard. Whose? Mine.
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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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Because the results are unpredictable, no effort of mine is doomed to failure.
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There is no place love is not.
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When I get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls, I will no longer be too ambitious.
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It's not that today is the first day of the rest of my life, but that now is all there is of my life.
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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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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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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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