Sometimes I doubt and sometimes I believe. And I like not making myself believe when I am doubting, … - Hugh Prather

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Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.

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.

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When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love them, our walk home can be surprisingly simple. We have enormous power not to manipulate the world, but to be happy and to know peace.

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Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side.

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perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never experience anything new; my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when i make a mistake i experience something unexpected. . . . when i have listened to my mistakes i have grown.

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Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.

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Letting go is freedom. When you find yourself in a useless battle, you merely walk off the battlefield.

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