Hugh Prather Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: January 23, 1938 - November 15, 2010
Birthday: January 23
Death: November 15
I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not fall from heaven. But a 'mistake' is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder I am not dealing with the facts. When I have listened to my mistakes I have grown.
source: Hugh Prather (1983). “Notes to Myself”, Bantam
topic: Betrayal, Fear, Mistake, We All Make Mistakes, You Live And You Learn
