Hugh Prather Quotes

You say you just want to be my friend. I know that you mean you want to relate to my mind but not my body. I can understand that and will not ask you to relate to me in a way that you don't want to, or talk to me about subjects you find uncomfortable. But likewise I refuse to castrate myself for you by pretending not to have the feelings I have. If you want me as your friend you will have to accept my penis along with me.

~ 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

Today I acknowledge that I am not in position to judge what mistakes anyone is making or what lessons anyone needs to learn. I don’t know how far someone has come or when that person will have a breakthrough, I simply don’t know what other people should be doing. But when I think I do know, I clearly am not doing what I should be doing, which is taking responsibility for my own life.

~ Hugh Prather

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

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

~ Hugh Prather

Egos clash. That's the nature of egos.Treat these outbursts as sneezing fits.

~ Hugh Prather

By approaching my problems with What might make things a little better? rather than What is the solution? I avoid setting myself up for certain frustration. My experience has shown me that I am not going to solve anything in one stroke; at best I am only going to chip away at it.

~ Hugh Prather

Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing. In this way boredom can act as an invitation to freedom by opening me to new options and thoughts. For example, if I can't change the activity, can I look at it more honestly?

~ Hugh Prather

Next time I will ...From now on I will ...- What makes me think I am wiser today than I will be tomorrow?

~ Hugh Prather

Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored there must be something else I want to be doing ... boredom acts as an initiator of originality by pushing me into new activities or new thoughts.

~ Hugh Prather

When I have listened to my mistakes I have grown.

~ Hugh Prather

It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.

~ Hugh Prather

It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.

~ Hugh Prather

It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.

~ Hugh Prather

Unless I accept my faults I will most certainly doubt my virtues.

~ Hugh Prather

I live now and only now and I will do what I want to do this moment and not what I decided was best for me yesterday.

~ Hugh Prather

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.

~ Hugh Prather