Hugh Prather Quotes

Life is all about the spirit.

Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations.

I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That's because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life.

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, 'How much there is in the world I do not want.'

I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to impose a bad mood on somebody else. Being mindful is as good a way to be spiritual as anything else.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.

I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

He who avoids complaint invites happiness.

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

Love them for who they are, and what they are they are; they are not you. Good stuff, isn't it? You have to live 73 years to get that.

Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.

Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.