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If I work toward an end, meantime I am confined to a process.
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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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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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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Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace.
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