Practised Quotes

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It is essential... that discipline should not be practised like a rule imposed on oneself from the outside, but that it becomes an expression of… — Erich Fromm
Meditation and prayer have withstood the test of time. They work today as perfectly as they did for those who first practised and perfected them. — Michael Beckwith
Then the soul, freed from vice, purged by studies of true philosophy, versed in spiritual life, and practised in matters of the intellect, devoted to… — Baldassare Castiglione
The techniques should not be practised simply so they can be performed in the kata. Since karate is a fighting art each technique and movement… — Shigeru Egami
I like doing small parts, because I don't feel I'm that practised in acting. It's like making baby steps towards a bigger goal. — Heidi Klum
Like most people - unless they're very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins - I feel a little… — Viggo Mortensen
I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and… — Ed Sheeran
She did not suddenly start being disagreeable this afternoon, she was so good at it, she had evidently practised whatever are the scales and arpeggios… — Rebecca West
Everybody allows that to know any other science you must have first studied it, and that you can only claim to express a judgment upon… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
It was an odd relationship, but then she was an extraordinary woman: a prioress who doubted much of what the church taught; an acclaimed healer… — Ken Follett
Change, development and progress, according to the Islamic viewpoint, refer to the return to the genuine Islam enunciated and practised by the Holy Prophet (may… — Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
A brown spotted lady-bug climbed the dizzy height of a grass blade, and Tom bent down close to it and said, "Lady-bug, lady-bug, fly away… — Mark Twain
The best stories I have heard were pointless, the best books those whose plot I can never remember, the best individuals those whom I never… — Henry Miller
Love of one is a piece of barbarism: for it is practised at the expense of all others. Love of God likewise. — Friedrich Nietzsche
You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the… — Bertrand Russell
I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism. — Kirk Douglas
Vices are usually pleasurable, at least for the time being, and often do not disclose themselves as vices, by their effects, until after they have… — Lysander Spooner
Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in ancient Greece, carpenters,… — Michel Onfray
It has been a long while since the United States had any imperialistic designs toward the outside world. But we have practised within our own… — Wendell Willkie
The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S. — Park Chan-wook

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