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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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Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
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A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.
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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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We feel understood by people who like us misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic.
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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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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.
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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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No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves
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Stands must be taken. If I am to respect myself I have to search myself for what I believe is right and take a stand on what I find. Otherwise, I have not gathered together what I have been given I have not embraced what I have learned I lack my own conviction.
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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 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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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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There is no place love is not.
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My trouble is I analyze life instead of live it.
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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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Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side.
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There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.
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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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'Fault' means failure to meet a standard. Whose? Mine.
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Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.
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