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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
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Sunglasses
Takes
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Better

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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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A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.
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'Fault' means failure to meet a standard. Whose? Mine.
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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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There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.
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True humor is fun - it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and cut off. True humor has beneath it the understanding that we are all in this together.
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Forgive and be happy. That is the ancient secret?the only wisdom ever to be attained.
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We become what we look at most.
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I'd rather be happy than right.
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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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Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.
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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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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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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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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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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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It seems that the truth is needed today is always a lie by tomorrow.
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Happiness is gentleness, peace, concentration, simplicity, forgiveness, humor, fearlessness, trust, and now.
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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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Because the results are unpredictable, no effort of mine is doomed to failure.
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