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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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Happiness is gentleness, peace, concentration, simplicity, forgiveness, humor, fearlessness, trust, and now.
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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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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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I'd rather be happy than right.
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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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Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.
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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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Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition.
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Don't strive for love, be it.
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It seems that the truth is needed today is always a lie by tomorrow.
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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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When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.
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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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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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Don't fight a fact, deal with 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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Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
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Sometimes when I generalize, I am saying, 'Let's pretend I am God,' and of course the other person argues that point endlessly. But I notice that if the other person takes a stand for himself and states his thoughts as his thoughts, I pay more attention to what he is saying and look deeper in myself.
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If your reaction to your partner's fear-or any other form of distress- is disdain or irritation, you do not want oneness or even friendship with your partner at that moment.
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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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