Heart Quotes by Hugh Prather

8 Heart quotes by Hugh Prather

Prather’s down‑to‑earth tone makes profound ideas feel like a chat over coffee, and these brief lines let his gentle encouragement toward authenticity shine.

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There are only three things you need to let go of judging, controlling, and being right. Release these three and you will…

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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…

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Peace, or freedom from conflict, is the absolute core of happiness. It is in learning to watch our sense of peace that…

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To sing with the voice of angels as we do the work of angels. To laugh with the laugh of Buddha as…

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Maturity is wanting nothing but what we see with the purity of our heart.

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There were seventy-five people in the lobby and only a seven-year-old girl was finding out what it felt like to sit on…

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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…

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There is nothing more painful than walking around with bitterness in your heart.

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“I wish" assumes that I know what is the opposite of my present experience.”

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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…

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If the ocean was pure mind and I was a wave, I would be in terror if Itried to distinguish myself fromthe water that…

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I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now.

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“In order to see, I have to be willing to be seen.”

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No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves

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Love itself is not an act of will, but sometimes I need the force of my volition to break with my habitual responses and…

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I can not 'make my mark' for all time - those concepts are mutually exclusive. 'Lasting effect' is a self-contradictory term. Meaning does not…

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Today I don't want to live for, I want to live.

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Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side…

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Books seek us out. They slip themselves into our hands just at the time we are ready for a new self-concept.

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If I work toward an end, meantime I am confined to a process.

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

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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…

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