We feel understood by people who like us; misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic. — 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
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… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out. — 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… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Some people will like me and some won't. So I might as well be myself, and then at least I'll know that… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
There are people whose feelings and well-being are within our influence. We can never escape this fact. — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for… — 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.… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
True humor is fun - it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
When someone disagrees with me, I do not have to immediately start revising what I just said. People don't want me to… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Today I acknowledge that I am not in position to judge what mistakes anyone is making or what lessons anyone needs to… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Many books on communication are strong on theory but impractical on application. Marshall Rosenberg's instant classic is the stand-out exception. It is… — 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
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
