It's not that we fear the place of darkness, but that we don't think we are worth the effort to find the place of light. Hugh Prather More Quotes by Hugh Prather More Quotes From Hugh Prather Fears, indecision, and frustration feed on words. Without words they usually stop. . . . Words are at times good for looking back, but they are confining when I need to act in the present. Hugh Prather frustrationfearneeds Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser? Hugh Prather wiserknowsdoe My prayer is: I will be what I will be, I will do what I will do. Hugh Prather prayer Love itself is not an act of will, but sometimes I need the force of my volition to break with my habitual responses and pass along the love already here. Hugh Prather breaksometimesneeds The ego, as a collection of our past experiences, is continually offering miserable lines of thought. It's as if there were a stream with little fish swimming by, and when we hook one of them there is a judgment. The ego is constantly judging everybody and everything. It has its constant little chit chat about things that can happen in the future, things about the past, too, and these are the little fish that swim by. And what we learn to do-this is why it takes work-is to not reach out and grab a fish. Hugh Prather swimmingofferingpast 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 notice that if the other person takes a stand for himself and states his thoughts as his thoughts, I pay more attention to what he is saying and look deeper in myself. Hugh Prather payattentionlooks 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 reasonfeelsneeds 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 self-worthfightingpeople Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes and I am left the same. The more things change the more I am the same. I am what I started with, and when it is all over I will be all that is left of me. Hugh Prather learningchangelife It seems that the truth is needed today is always a lie by tomorrow. Hugh Prather tomorrowtodaylying When someone disagrees with me, I do not have to immediately start revising what I just said. People don't want me to always agree with them. They can sense this is phony. They can sense I am trying to control them: I am agreeing with them to make them like me. They feel; "I don't want to exist to like you. I DON'T exist to like you." Hugh Prather justicetryingpeople It's not that "today is the first day of the rest of my life," but that now is all there is of my life. Hugh Prather todaylifefirsts Perfectionism is slow death. Hugh Prather perfectionism There is no place love is not. Hugh Prather marriagelove-islove Whenever I find myself arguing for something with great passion, I can be certain I'm not convinced. Hugh Prather passioncertainarguing If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better. Hugh Prather sunglassesifsmen I talk because I feel, and I talk to you because I want you to know how I feel. Hugh Prather know-howwantfeels If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write. Hugh Prather ifsdesirewriting No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves Hugh Prather no-matter-whatmattertalking Many books on communication are strong on theory but impractical on application. Marshall Rosenberg's instant classic is the stand-out exception. It is clear and compelling in its logic and flat-out inspiring in its inviting exposition of usable techniques and strategies. If this book is read by enough people, the world will transform. Hugh Prather communicationstrongbook
