I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me Quotes

“No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves”
― Hugh Prather, I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me

“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, I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me

“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, I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me

“It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.”
― Hugh Prather, I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me

“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, I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me

“It makes no sense to hurry up, and so mess up, what I am doing now in order to get started on what I plan to do next.
Every moment that I am centered in the future I suffer a temporary loss of this life.”
― Hugh Prather, I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me