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Happiness is gentleness, peace, concentration, simplicity, forgiveness, humor, fearlessness, trust, and now.

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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
Writer
Hugh Edmondson Prather III
Concentration
Forgiveness
Simplicity
Humor
Trust
Happiness
Peace
Fearlessness
Gentleness

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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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Because the results are unpredictable, no effort of mine is doomed to failure.
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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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Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes and I am left the same. The more things change the more I am the same. I am what I started with, and when it is all over I will be all that is left of me.
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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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Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.
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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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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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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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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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Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition.
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A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.
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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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I'd rather be happy than right.
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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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Forgive and be happy. That is the ancient secret?the only wisdom ever to be attained.
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When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love them, our walk home can be surprisingly simple. We have enormous power not to manipulate the world, but to be happy and to know peace.
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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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I talk because I feel, and I talk to you because I want you to know how I feel.
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