Quotes about practice
practice breathing mind
"I am breathing in and liberating my mind. I am breathing out and liberating my mind." One practices like this. Nhat Hanh
practice meditation mind
Before practicing meditation, we see that mountains are mountains. When we start to practice, we see that mountains are no longer mountains. After practicing a while, we see that mountains are again mountains. Now the mountains are very free. Our mind is still with the mountains, but it is no longer bound to anything. Nhat Hanh
practice chance planets
When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice mindful consumption, we cannot save our planet. Nhat Hanh
practice mindfulness ifs
If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid. Nhat Hanh
practice breathing oil
We have a lamp inside us. The oil of that lamp is our breathing, our steps, and our peaceful smile. Our practice is to light up the lamp. Nhat Hanh
practice healthy mind
When we eat mindfully, we consume exactly what we need to keep our bodies, our minds, and the Earth healthy. When we practice like this, we reduce suffering for ourselves and for others. Nhat Hanh
practice bird singing
Once you develop the practice of smiling, you may not need a reminder. You will smile as soon as you hear a bird singing or see the sunlight streaming through the window. Nhat Hanh
practice childhood meditation
Eating mindfully is a most important practice of meditation. We can eat in a way that we restore the cookie of our childhood. The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. Nhat Hanh
practice meditation listening
You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must practice mindfulness, calm and deep listening, and loving speech. This is universal thing, taught by all religions. Nhat Hanh
practice humans human-beings
As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing. Nhat Hanh
practice steps given
Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out. Nhat Hanh
practice listening speech
I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech. Nhat Hanh
practice water negative
In our consciousness, there are many negative seeds and also many positive seeds. The practice is to avoid watering the negative seeds, and to identify and water the positive seeds every day. Nhat Hanh
practice breathing water
Silence is essential for deep transformation. It allows the practice of conscious breathing to become deep and effective. Like still water that reflects things as they are, the calming silence helps us to see things more clearly, and therefore, to be in deeper contact with ourselves and those around us. Nhat Hanh
practice tasks indoctrination
For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. Noam Chomsky
practice firsts lap
I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice. Joey Dunlop
practice talked
He called me at practice. He talked to me and I didn't say anything. I was shocked. Scottie Reynolds
practice play goal
The thing is that what you try to do when you play is you try to play not below a certain level. In other words, it can be a special day where it would be phenomenal, but if it's not below a certain level, that's the goal. You know, that's what you want to do. That's why you practice and so on. Itzhak Perlman
practice forget forget-it
One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly. Itzhak Perlman
practice perfect suffering
No perfect solution is, not merely in practice, but in principle, possible in human affairs, and any determined attempt to produce it is likely to lead to suffering, disillusionment and failure. Isaiah Berlin
practice isolation
No practice exists in isolation. Idries Shah
practice way sufi
The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. Idries Shah
practice giving care
Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Huston Smith
practice games
Your game is only as good as your practice. Ken Blanchard
practice breathing training
That's what our training is for, we practice not panicking, we practice breathing, we practice looking directly at the thing that scares us until we stop flinching, we practice overriding our Can't. Kristin Armstrong
practice caves littles
In theory I can do almost anything; certainly I have been told how. In practice I do as little as possible. I pretend to myself that I would be quite happy in a hermit's cave, living on gruel, if someone else would make the gruel. Gruel, like so many other things, is beyond me. Margaret Atwood
practice virtue whole
The whole of virtue consists in its practice. Marcus Tullius Cicero
practice demon habit
Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon. Marcus Tullius Cicero
practice names jerusalem
Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors. Marcus Tullius Cicero
practice skills constant
Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit Marcus Tullius Cicero
practice giving people
All my adult life I've been in the practice of giving advice to people who are happier than I am. Kinky Friedman
practice organization want
Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want to be nannied. Gary Hamel
practice would-be add
In an ideal world, an individual's institutional power would be correlated perfectly with his or her value-add. In practice, this is seldom the case. Gary Hamel