“You are moving in and out of different advanced states of mind through your practice of meditation and mindfulness. It's that level of excellence that gives you joy in life, not the fact that you won or lost.” GivingMindDifferentStatesFactsMovingJoyLostLevelsPracticeMeditationBuddhismMindfulnessExcellenceState Of MindMoving In Author:Frederick Lenz
“I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large part of my time during the twenty years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby -- not even money, certainly not my soul.” YearsSoulLostPartyPracticeCasesLessonsFunctionTwentiesLawyerI RealizedCompromiseMy SoulMy Time Book:The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas Source: The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
“More than one branch of the avant-garde, claiming to break with the bourgeois vision and mode of production, remains tied to it in spite of its denials and ex-communications. We are far from having overcome bourgeois thought or practices, despite the socialist "intermission" between the Russian revolution and the collapse of the Berlin wall. The avant-garde has lost its radical nature. On the other hand, "bourgeois theatre" is sometimes subtle enough to flirt with the avant-garde or to make "intelligent boulevard theatre.” SometimesEnoughHandsLostVisionBreakPracticeCommunicationRevolutionWallOvercomingIntelligentRemainsProductionsTheatreDespiteRadicalDenialBranchesSpiteSubtleCollapseTiedSocialistFlirtingExesBerlinBourgeoisAvant GardeBerlin WallBoulevardRussian RevolutionIntermission Author:Patrice Pavis
“Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many practices which appear to be democratical are the ruin of democracies, . . Those who think that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion destroys a state.” ThinkingShouldMeanMatterStatesGovernmentFormFoundLostForgetPartyPrinciplesPracticeVirtueDemocracySightExtremesRuinsForms Of GovernmentPresent Day Book:Politics Source: Politics
“I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.” LostPracticeBasketballAskingLeavingNbaDiscussingPhiladelphia Author:Allen Iverson
“Nearly all spiritual practices are based on attention. In fact, whenever you think you have lost the path, or whenever you feel confused by esoteric terminology or technique, remember that all these techniques or teachings are various ways to help you learn to pay attention.” ThinkingWayFeelsFactsHelpingRememberSpiritualLostPayAttentionPracticePathTeachingVariousTechniquePay AttentionConfusedSpiritual PracticeEsotericTerminology Author:Rick Fields
“If you resort to violent methods because the other side has destroyed your monastery, for example, you then have lost not only your monastery, but also your special Buddhist practices of detachment, love, and compassion.” IfsLostSidesCompassionPracticeSpecialExampleMethodViolentDestroyedBuddhistResortsDetachmentLove And CompassionMonasteries Author:Dalai Lama
“So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach” LostWalksPracticeBeachBobTapeReggaeMarley Author:Jimmy Buffett