In life. . . we need to find a balance. You have to set rules and limitations - that is called discipline. And you have to practice that in all your worlds.
I usually practice on a small, low wire, that features the predominant wind. I study the meteorology of the place at the time that I am supposed to do my walk, and then I find the predominant direction and velocity of the wind and I train to fight that wind.
Things are useless without practice.
The object is not so much to get you to keep a journal while you are young, as it is to get you to continue it after you become men and women, even through your whole lives. This is especially needed in the generation in which you live, for you live in as important a generation as the children of men ever saw, and it is far more important that you should begin early to keep a journal and follow the practice while you live, than that other generations should do so.
We can bring our spiritual practice into the streets, into our communities, when we see each realm as a temple, as a place to discover that which is sacred.
I still describe myself as a Christian, and my love of God and my relationship with God is fundamental, but its manifestations in my life and the practices of it are constantly changing. I find incredible freedom in my faith.
It's a lot of fun coming out for a practice round and having the crowd behind you and cheering you on (a few) days before the event.
What both the state and the capitalist economy oppose is an understanding of what might be called "the true nature of things" (using the phrase without metaphysical pretensions), especially injustices and exploitative practices.
I wake up at about 9 a. m. , and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p. m. with my team.
The practice of Zen mind is beginner's mind. The innocence of the first inquiry—what am I?—is needed throughout Zen practice. The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. It is the kind of mind which can see things as they are, which step by step and in a flash can realize the original nature of everything.
Constants are widely known for the detestable practice of changing their values; we should prepare ourselves against the consequences of such fickleness
Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.
Some people get attached to their practice. They get good at it, but even becoming a good meditator can become a hindrance.
As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue.
Although natural farming - since it can teach people to cultivate a deep understanding of nature - may lead to spiritual insight, it's not strictly a spiritual practice.
The most important thing, my father told me, which I have never forgotten, and which I have often put unto practice was: If you get into a quarrel with anybody, hit him first. "If you hit first, the battle is half-won," my father always said "Don't let him hit first. You hit him first. ""What's more," he never forgot to say, too "Usually one blow is all you need. "I found this to be true.
All good and true book-lovers practice the pleasing and improving avocation of reading in bed. . . No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over.
Philosophy must never be divorced from action. Unless it is put into practice, philosophy is nothing more than an intellectual game.
Most cats feel that bird-catching is their duty; the instinct goes back to prehistoric times. Amber keeps in practice by chasing moths.
Surely you’re not going to practice discretion now?