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Hugh Prather quotes

American Writer January 23, 1938 – November 15, 2010

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Hugh Prather quote: "All my life, I have made it complicated, but it is so simple...."
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. Hugh Prather
Hugh Prather quote: "Don't strive for love, be it."
Don't strive for love, be it. Hugh Prather
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. Hugh Prather
Hugh Prather quote: "Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes."
Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes. Hugh Prather
What an absurd amount of energy I have been wasting all my life trying to find out how things 'really are', when all the time they weren't. Hugh Prather
Hugh Prather quote: "I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult..."
I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now. Hugh Prather
By approaching my problems with "What might make things a little better?" rather than "What is the solution?" I avoid setting myself up for certain frustration. My experience has shown me that I am not going to solve anything in one stroke; at best I am only going to chip away at it. Hugh Prather
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. Hugh Prather
I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not fall from heaven. But a 'mistake' is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder I am not dealing with the facts. When I have listened to my mistakes I have grown. Hugh Prather
Hugh Prather quote: "It's not that we fear the place of darkness, but that we don't..."
It's not that we fear the place of darkness, but that we don't think we are worth the effort to find the place of light. Hugh Prather
Sometimes I doubt and sometimes I believe. And I like not making myself believe when I am doubting, and not making myself doubt when I am believing. Surely neither God nor Accident need my consistency. Hugh Prather
Hugh Prather quote: "It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn..."
It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am. Hugh Prather
Hugh Prather quote: "Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain."
Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain. Hugh Prather
Hugh Prather quote: "We feel understood by people who like us; misunderstood by..."
We feel understood by people who like us; misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic. Hugh Prather
Hugh Prather quote: "Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this..."
Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser? Hugh Prather

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