Stands must be taken. If I am to respect myself I have to search myself for what I believe is right and take a stand on what I find. Otherwise, I have not gathered together what I have been given;… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Before, I thought I was actually fighting for my own self-worth; that is why I so desperately wanted people to like me. I thought their liking me was a comment on me, but it was a comment on them. — 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 Image
“I wish" assumes that I know what is the opposite of my present experience.” — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side.... — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
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 Image
