Practice Quotes

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Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless… — Dalai Lama
Human beings will continue to deceive and overpower one another. Basically, everyone exists in the very nature of suffering, so to abuse or mistreat each… — Dalai Lama
All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel. — Sathya Sai Baba
I feel closer to my country than ever. There is no longer a feeling of lonesome isolation. Instead-peace. I return without fearing prejudice that once… — Paul Robeson
I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem in as much as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice… — Henry Bessemer
In the assemblies of the enlightened ones there have been many cases of mastering the Way bringing forth the heart of plants and trees; this… — Dogen
I can't find the compulsory mutilation of the genitals of children a subject for humor... It's designed to repress sexual pleasure... The full excision, not… — Christopher Hitchens
Sex prejudice is so ingrained in our society that many who practice it are simply unaware that they are hurting. It is the last socially… — Bernice Sandler
I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. I'm not… — Dalai Lama
Law practice is the exact opposite of sex:even when it's good, it's bad. — Mortimer Zuckerman
Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice. — Douglas B. Reeves
Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. It is no fun to write lumpishly, dully, in prose the reader must plod through… — Barbara Tuchman
Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watching someone else doing it. — Roald Dahl
Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely and swept away every mystery from sex; and this means… — Aleister Crowley
Yoga practice can make us more and more sensitive to subtler and subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying with finer and… — Ravi Ravindra
It is important not to abandon the practice of yoga because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice of yoga itself… — Ravi Ravindra
Our compassion is the fruit of our spiritual lives; it actually arises spontaneously when formed by intention in our spiritual practice. Love and compassion are… — Wayne Teasdale
We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis... — Gautama Buddha
If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man becomes humble, he will not… — Isaac of Nineveh
After a few years of meditation practice we can even learn how to occasionally ignore ourselves. And what relief that can be! — Wes Nisker

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