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I can't be found in myself I discover myself in others. That much is clear. And I suspect that I also love and care for myself in others.

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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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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If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better.
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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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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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We are all saying the same thing in different words.
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