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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.

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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We feel understood by people who like us misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic.
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We are all saying the same thing in different words.
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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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Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.
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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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Many books on communication are strong on theory but impractical on application. Marshall Rosenberg's instant classic is the stand-out exception. It is clear and compelling in its logic and flat-out inspiring in its inviting exposition of usable techniques and strategies. If this book is read by enough people, the world will transform.
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If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better.
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Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.
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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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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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Because the results are unpredictable, no effort of mine is doomed to failure.
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I'd rather be happy than right.
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When someone disagrees with me, I do not have to immediately start revising what I just said. People don't want me to always agree with them. They can sense this is phony. They can sense I am trying to control them: I am agreeing with them to make them like me. They feel I don't want to exist to like you. I DON'T exist to like you.
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There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.
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A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.
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It seems that the truth is needed today is always a lie by tomorrow.
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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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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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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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