Quotes About Practice

It is usually considered good practice to examine a thing for one's self before echoing the vulgar ridicule of it. But in connection with the Bible, such scholarly restraints are somehow regarded as out of place.

Defining evangelism in a biblical way helps us align our evangelistic practice with the Scriptures. Here's a definition that has served me well for many years: Evangelism is teaching the gospel with the aim to persuade.

use your restless and churning mind as an opportunity to look more deeply into it, rather than as an immediate reason to conclude that the meditation is "not working.

Often truly authoritative leadership falls on someone who years earlier dedicated themselves to practice the discipline of seeking first the kingdom of God. Then, as that person matures, God confers a leadership role, and the Spirit of God goes to work throuh him.

There is nothing remarkable about it, all one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.

Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.

Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.

Change is the basis of human life, so don't attach yourself to birth or death, continuation or discontinuation. Just live right in the middle of the flow of change, where there is nothing to hold on to. How do you do this? Just be present and devote yourself to doing something. This is the simple practice of Zen.

Please don't worry. As long as you're practising this faith, you can definitely become happy. That's what Buddhism is for. Also, your current suffering and misfortune exist so that you may fulfil your own unique and noble mission. Everything will turn to defeat if all you do is worry about your karma and let it make you miserable.

Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is unrealistic to expect results from meditation within a short period of time. What is required is continuous sustained effort.

It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.

In the Buddha's life story we see the three stages of practice: Morality comes first, then concentrated meditation, and then wisdom. And we see that the path takes time.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

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 talking about the short-term gratification of pleasures like sex, drugs or gambling (though I'm not knocking them), but something that will bring true and lasting happiness. The kind that sticks.

We don't believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.

The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.

I like to compare spirituality to riding a bicycle. You can believe with every fiber of your being that it's possible to ride a bicycle, but until you start practicing you won't be able to do it. Spirituality has to be about action, not belief.

Only a fool ignores the advice of a brilliant man. Oy an idiot denies the good practice of an enemy.

The goal is always the same: to break a skill into its component pieces (circuits), memorize those pieces individually, then link them together in progressively larger groupings (new, interconnected circuits).

Action is what separates a belief from an opinion. Beliefs are imprinted through actions.

air," Miss Small said. "This will improve your eye-hand coordination. With a little practice, you'll be able to juggle three balls, or three clubs, or three