Every moment that I am centered in the future I suffer a temporary loss of this life. — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
It's not that "today is the first day of the rest of my life," but that now is all there is of… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
All my life, I have made it complicated, but it is so simple. I love when I love. And when I love,… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace. — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
“There are no absolutes for something so relative as a human life. There are no rules for something so gentle as a… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
What an absurd amount of energy I have been wasting all my life trying to find out how things 'really are', when… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes and I am left the same. The more things… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
The fatal mistake is waiting for life's circumstances to be right before we begin. Simply begin with your heart, look deeply into… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
“What I must do is die now. I must accept the justice of death and the injustice of life. I have lived… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Very seldom will a person give up on himself. He continues to have hope because he knows he has the potential for… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
For communication to have meaning it must have a life. It must transcend "you and me" and become "us." If I truly… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Ultimately, my character is defined by the quality of my sensitivity to other people. I exist in equilibrium. I am here to the degree… — Hugh Prather Copy Share
“I wish" assumes that I know what is the opposite of my present experience.” — Hugh Prather Copy Share
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… — Hugh Prather Copy Share
If the ocean was pure mind and I was a wave, I would be in terror if Itried to distinguish myself fromthe water that… — Hugh Prather Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Love itself is not an act of will, but sometimes I need the force of my volition to break with my habitual responses and… — Hugh Prather Copy Share
I can not 'make my mark' for all time - those concepts are mutually exclusive. 'Lasting effect' is a self-contradictory term. Meaning does not… — Hugh Prather Copy Share
Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side… — Hugh Prather Copy Share
Books seek us out. They slip themselves into our hands just at the time we are ready for a new self-concept. — Hugh Prather Copy Share
Happiness is gentleness, peace, concentration, simplicity, forgiveness, humor, fearlessness, trust, and now. — Hugh Prather Copy Share
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… — Hugh Prather Copy Share
