Hugh Prather Quotes

Failing to understand the workings of one's own mind is bound to lead to unhappiness.

Many people feel unaware of any guidance, unable to discern or understand the signals of God; not because the signals are not given, but because the mind is too troubled, clouded, and hurried to receive them.

If you have a clear mind . . . you won't have to search for direction. Direction will come to you.

I keep saying this about a mental state, but the more that I am physically active, the more that my mind is clear.

When there is no mind, you are in yoga; when there is mind you are not in yoga. So you may do all the postures, but if the mind goes on functioning, if you go on thinking, you are not in yoga.

What good is a prepared body if you have a scattered mind?

It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.

By going out of your mind, you come to your senses

Without a filter, a man is just chaos walking.

Clarity of mind, body and spirit is the key to creativity.

Why do people do yoga? To clear their minds? I embrace the clutter in my head.

Your state of mind is everything.

The world will be at war as long as the mind is at war with itself.

The only time we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with what is. When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want.

There is no happiness until the mind is still. The cause of all sickness and sadness is the fluctuation of the mind.

Confusion is what we're living with - not being able to make sense of what's happening to us from day to day. Whereas making sense is what we're aiming for - making sense.

Mind is a broken mirror.

If someone remains in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind, external surroundings can cause them only a limited disturbance.

Nothing outside yourself can cause any trouble. You yourself make the waves in your mind. If you leave your mind as it is, it will become calm. This mind is called big mind.

The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.

If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.

Still the mind smiles at its own rebellions.

Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.

Peace visits not the guilty mind.