If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write. Hugh Prather More Quotes by Hugh Prather More Quotes From 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 consistencydoubtbelieve Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference. Hugh Prather cockyhatemen Maturity is wanting nothing but what we see with the purity of our heart. Hugh Prather nothingseematurityheart Discouragement, if pursued, is the exercise of an option: to turn from creative to noncreative mental activity, to turn from what is present to what is over, to turn from that which builds to that which destroys. Hugh Prather presentturncreativeexercise Now I know that this energy within me is seeking more than the mate or the profession or the religion - more even than pleasure or power or meaning. It is seeking more of me; or better, it is, thank God, releasing more of me. Hugh Prather methank-godgodreligion It is only in helping someone else to awake that I awake. Hugh Prather onlysomeoneawakehelping I don't want to work to make money. I want to work to work. Hugh Prather makemoneywantwork I will be what I will be - and I am now what I am. Here is where I will devote my energy. Hugh Prather i-amwillnowenergy Tomorrow is shallow, but today is as deep as truth. Hugh Prather deeptomorrowtruthtoday The way for me to live is to have no way. My only habit should be to have none. Because I did it this way before is not sufficient reason to do it this way today. Hugh Prather livemetodayway I must act now without knowing the results. Thus, I give my actions their only possible meaning for me. Hugh Prather meaningpossiblemeresults My only sure reward is in my actions, not from them. Hugh Prather actionssurerewardonly How genuine is my capacity for love if there is no one for me to love, to laugh with, to treat tenderly, to be trusted by? Hugh Prather laughtreatmelove There are people whose feelings and well-being are within our influence. We can never escape this fact. Hugh Prather neverinfluencefeelingspeople Love does not exclude; it embraces. If we don't love someone outside ourselves, then very simply, we do not love ourselves. Hugh Prather thenoutsidesomeonelove Ultimately, my character is defined by the quality of my sensitivity to other people. I exist in equilibrium. I am here to the degree I am there. Hugh Prather i-amqualitycharacterpeople We are the only authority on what is good for us. Once we see this, we feel an enormous peace and freedom. Hugh Prather feelgoodfreedompeace Sometimes I doubt, and sometimes I believe. I like not making myself believe when I am doubting and not making myself doubt when I am believing. Hugh Prather i-ammyselfsometimesbelieve We are always influenced because we do not live in a vacuum together with our intentions. We are in a relationship with everything that occurs. Hugh Prather livealwaystogetherrelationship If I hold back any part of me, I suppress that much energy and potential. The question I want to ask myself now is not what behavior is good or bad, but in what ways would I express myself with greater energy if I didn't hold back. Hugh Prather goodmyselfmebehavior
