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If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better.

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
Sunglasses
Takes
Hear
Better
Men

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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 I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.
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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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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 get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls, I will no longer be too ambitious.
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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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Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.
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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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Don't strive for love, be it.
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