Hugh Prather - Time Quotes

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I can not 'make my mark' for all time - those concepts are mutually exclusive. 'Lasting effect' is a self-contradictory term. Meaning does not exist in the future and neither do I. Nothing will have meaning 'ultimately.' Nothing will even mean tomorrow what it did today. Meaning changes with the context. My meaningfulness is here. It is enough that I am of value to someone today. It is enough that I make a difference now.

Hugh Prather

What an absurd amount of energy I have been wasting all my life trying to find out how things 'really are', when all the time they weren't.

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.

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There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.

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

Hugh Prather