So natural to man is the practice of violence that our indulgence allows the slightest provocation, the most disputable right, as a… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
As gold purified in a furnace loses its impurities and achieves its own true nature, the mind gets rid of the impurities… — Adi Shankara Copy Share Image
We have a chance here to prove that [Rwanda], a country that almost slaughtered itself out of existence, can practice reconciliation, reorganize… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
If there is a single secret, then it can be simply put. Think big, create, plan, rethink (even bigger) then prepare, practice… — David Berglas Copy Share Image
It is not enough to belong to a religion. You also have to put it into practice. Religion is like medicine. You… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I'm actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I've had so much time with it and I… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed high-school football, but I didn't really enjoy college football. I liked to play the games, but I didn't like… — Todd Helton Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the Angel [of Music] leans over the cradle... and that is how there are little prodigies who play the fiddle at… — Gaston Leroux Copy Share Image
Envy, jealousy, ambition, any kind of greed are passions; love is an action, the practice of human power, which can be practiced… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
A more appropriate expansion is the statement "it is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies" a transcript… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Habit 7 is taking the time to sharpen the saw. By renewing the four dimensions of your nature - physical, spiritual, mental… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
the writer must resist this temptation [to quote] and do his best with his own tools. It would be most convenient for… — Ethel Smyth Copy Share Image
To observe and watch one's own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns.… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
When your mind is quiet, you enter into the flow of love, and you just flow from one moment to the next… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
The best way to understand another person's religion is to listen to the story of what particular practices helped them to deepen… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
Patanjali tells us that if we practice aparigraha, (greedlessness) we will begin to understand not only where we have come from but… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
She just had a timeless voice... Karen was a natural. She didn't have to practice... she just sang instantly, impeccably whether it… — Richard Carpenter Copy Share Image
In Buddhist practice a great deal of time is spent practicing mandala meditation. You learn to visualize and hold simultaneous concepts in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When we graduated [ from Cambridge], we were grabbed right into television. I was grabbed straight into the practice of writing comedy.… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
It takes quite a bit of time to become enlightened. But it really is not so different from learning any other art;… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Build your inner environment. Practice Silence! I remember the wonderful discipline of the Great Ones. When we used to talk and chatter,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching… — Solomon Ibn Gabirol Copy Share Image
Since yoga is a very slow and structured practice, I was able to keep up a routine throughout my Covid phase, and… — Rubina Dilaik Copy Share Image
In terms of the New Testament the Jews must suffer, therefore we will put it into practice if we will in charge… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Tidiness ... makes life easier and more agreeable, does harm to no one and actually saves time and trouble to the person… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
The English practice of accommodating the rules of commercial law to commercial practice. The line of causation ran from economic need to… — Nathan Rosenberg Copy Share Image
A willingness to practice patience. Patience in communication is that certain ingredient of conduct we hope others will exhibit toward us when… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
You have to train your mind and your ears, but they're more like athletic skills. So, part of music you just have… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
Unless we practice loving feelings toward everyone we meet, day in, day out, we're missing out on the most joyous part of… — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
I'm talking about: Are we competing today, every minute, in everything we do in practice. Are we letting loose and daring to… — Pete Carroll Copy Share Image
My Yoga practice is number one, straight physical exercises are number two, and when I can do neither, I focus on the… — Leilani Bishop Copy Share Image
Go out and interview people to find a partner whom you can trust. Find somebody who subscribes to the same view that… — Lisa Caputo Copy Share Image
I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Veganism is simply letting compassion guide our choice of food. As such, it is a basic Buddhist practice that ought to be… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
My practice is focused on bodies and relationships; the relationships between people and other creatures, between people and our bodies, between creatures… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
To know what virtue is is not enough; we must endeavor to possess and to practice it, or in some other manner… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
No matter what the weather was, I would practice for five hours every morning and evening, seven days a week, three hundred… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image