Practice Quotes

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All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion. — Ram Dass
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently — Rajneesh
Isnâ€™t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do â€œpracticeâ€? — George Carlin
Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people… — Ram Dass
And watch two men washing clothes, one makes dry clothes wet. The other makes wet clothes dry. they seem to be thwarting each other, but… — Unknown Author
I made practice runs down to skid row to get ready for my future. — Charles Bukowski
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. — Confucius
What a gulf between impression and expression! Thatâ€™s our ironic fateâ€”to have Shakespearean feelings and (unless by some billion-to-one chance we happen to be Shakespeare)… — Aldous Huxley
I refuse to turn to theology to justify the life or redeem it. There is a question always of the connection to the eternal. I… — Stanley Kunitz
If there is one tendency of the day which more than any other is unhealthy and undesirable, it is the tendency to deify mere "smartness,"… — Theodore Roosevelt
It takes long practice, yes. You have to work. Did you think you could snap your fingers, and have it as a gift? What is… — Philip Pullman
Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to… — Thomas Paine
It is this delightful habit of journalizing which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated. Every… — Jane Austen
We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but… — Bertrand Russell
The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching… — Alan Paton
When I was in school the teachers told me practice makes perfect; then they told me nobodyâ€™s perfect so I stopped practicing. — Steven Wright
For even if the whole world believed in resurrection, little would change until we began to practice it. We can believe in CPR, but people… — Shane Claiborne
Anyone can practice some nonviolence, even soldiers. Some army generals, for example, conduct their operations in ways that avoid killing innocent people; this is a… — Nhat Hanh
The fact that some governments, churches and numerous corrupted individuals have tried to reduce such behavior from criminal offence to personal privilege dose not change… — Spencer W. Kimball
forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice — Diana Gabaldon

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