Quotes About Practice

Indubitably, Magick is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgement and practice than in any other branch of physics.

Practise a thousand times, and it becomes difficult; a thousand thousand, and it becomes easy; a thousand thousand times a thousand thousand, and it is no longer Thou that doeth it, but It that doeth itself through thee.

Shall I make you a cup of tea? He asked. It was the classic response to crisis practiced throughout these islands—in England, Scotland, and elsewhere. Emotional turmoil, danger, even disaster could be faced with far greater equanimity if the kettle was switched on. War has been declared! There's been a major earthquake! The stock market has collapsed! Oh really? Let me put the kettle on….

there is faith and faith. One form of faith is actual practice—the rituals and so on—the other form of faith involves actually believing in it.

That's precisely what I'm saying: in order to become better people, we must practise," Isabel said.

People who looked after animals were by and large kind people; they simply practised kindness, unlike those who made much of it. Thus, thought Isabel, are virtues best cultivated—in discretion and silence, away from the gaze of others, known only to those who act virtuously and to those who benefit from what is done.

O hábito é a dádiva mais alta, Quando a felicidade nos falta.

They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.

Ideology is a form of cognition. Ideology can of course refer to doctrine, as in the Communist Manifesto, or to practice, as in the division of labor between husbands and wives. Here, however,

ethics is at the center of both spiritual practice and social transformation. Without a strong ethical foundation, we inevitably fall into contradictions-between means and ends, between our actions and our ideals." (p. 9)

Este tipo de práctica desordenada no ayuda a que el corazón se eleve en oración, sino más bien tiende a cubrir de lodo el alma. Es mejor conocer de antemano cuáles son los salmos que vamos a considerar.

Freedom through discipline is the idea behind what has become known as "the ten-thousand-hour rule."[9]

Sixth, the Spiritual Disciplines are means, not ends. The end—that is, the purpose of practicing the Disciplines—is godliness.

Abre la Biblia, empieza a leerla, haz una pausa en cada versículo y conviértelo en una oración. John Piper

How does the Word memorized become the Word applied? It happens through meditation.

Joy does not come to you if you are spiritually passive; rather, joy is cultivated, but joy is cultivated by things you do.

no es la mera lectura de la Biblia lo que nos convierte en «un hacedor eficaz» de ella, sino la meditación.

How will you prove that you are a doer of the Word of God as it's been presented to you here?

WHEN IT COMES TO SPIRITUALITY, YOU DO WHAT' YOU DO BECAUSE you believe what you believe. Regardless of the importance you consciously place upon it, theology drives and determines your spirituality.

Regardless of how busy we become with all things Christian, we must remember that the most transforming practice available to us is the disciplined intake of Scripture.

To quote Charles Spurgeon, I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer in their families. We may have no positive commandment for it, but we believe that it is so much in accord with the genius and spirit of the gospel, and that it is so commended by the example of the saints, that the neglect thereof is a strange inconsistency.1

So while we cannot be godly without the practice of the Disciplines, we can practice the Disciplines without being godly if we see them as ends and not means.

The more I practice piano, the more pleasure I get from the sound, and so the more I play the piano, which gives me more practice.

The asanas are useful maps to explore yourself, but they are not the territory.