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“The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.”

Way Goal Practice Essence Appearance Attachment Tao Detachment

Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar, A Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good, Some to rely on dualism, other on non-dualism; And to some he teaches the profound, The terrifying, the practice of enlightenment, Whose essence is emptiness that is compassion”

Sin Compassion Teach Practice Study Students Enlightenment Essence Profound Tolerance Rely Emptiness Urges Grammar Refrain Dualism

Author:Akkineni Nagarjuna

“Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.”

Looks Practice Essence Doctrine Interpretation

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“[T]he task of abolishing the essence of Jewry is in truth the task of abolishing Jewry in civil society, abolishing the inhumanity of today's practice of life, the summit of which is the money system.”

Today Practice Tasks Essence Summit Civil Society Inhumanity

Book:The holy family

Source: The holy family

“And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth and mount upwards for the sake of that other beauty, using these steps only, and from one going on to two, and from two to all fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is.”

Knows Two Earth Lasts Form Order Love Is Steps Practice Fairs Essence Absolutes Notion Sake Essence Of Beauty Symposium

Book:The Portable Plato

Source: The Portable Plato

“There is ... scarcely any species of writing of which we can tell what is its essence, and what are its constituents; every new genius produces some innovation, which, when invented and approved, subverts the rules which the practice of foregoing authors had established.”

Writing Practice Produce Genius Essence Innovation Species Approved Constituents

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

“To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if one does it well enough, in time one might even become an artist, the greatest illusionists of all.”

Ifs Wells Doe Enough Might Artist Social Practice Essence Oneself Deception Deceiving Lifelong Social Life Illusionists Deceiving Others

Book:The Mottled Lizard

Source: The Mottled Lizard

“It is the long-term investor...who will in practice come in for the most criticism... For it is the essence of his behavior that he should be eccentric, unconventional, and rash in the eyes of average opinion”

Should Long Eye Term Opinion Practice Behavior Criticism Essence Investing Average Long Term Investors Eccentric Unconventional

Author:John Maynard Keynes

“The essence of all practice is to be cool. Life is not worth getting excited about because whatever you perceive is an illusion.”

Life Is Practice Illusion Essence Excited Buddhist Perceive Cosmology Being Cool

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It is the long term investor who will in practice come in for the most criticism. For it is the essence of his behaviour that he should be eccentric, unconventional and rash in the eyes of the average opinion. If he is successful, that will only confirm the general belief in his rashness; and if in the short run he is unsuccessful, which is very likely, he will not receive much mercy. Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.”

“The very essence of success is practice.”

Practice Essence

Author:Ignacy Jan Paderewski

“We underestimate the value of patience. It is possible that people might sometimes interrupt our meditation sessions or Dharma study, but they can never take away our opportunity to train in inner virtues such as patience. It is this mental training, rather than outer virtuous activities, that is the essence of Dharma practice.”

People Sometimes Might Values Opportunity Practice Virtue Study Meditation Activity Training Essence Train Virtuous Underestimate Session Dharma

Author:Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

“Gita and Ganga constitute the essence of Hinduism; one its theory and the other its practice.”

Practice Theory Essence Hinduism Gita

Author:Swami Vivekananda