“In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is a monk who forgoes regular family life for the purpose of making the whole world his family and channels his full energy into spiritual practice, devotion to God and service to humanity.” WorldWholeSpiritualPurposeHumanityEnergyMy OwnPracticePathJourneyTraditionDevotionWhole WorldMonkFamily LifeSpiritual JourneySpiritual PracticeService To HumanityBhaktiDevotion To God Author:Radhanath Swami
“There is no time to fool around when you practice. Every drill must have a purpose. I try to never get away from thathabits are important” TryingImportantPurposePracticeFoolGet AwayDrills Author:Albert Pujols
“Sometimes, as we practice jnana yoga, we feel that life has no meaning, no purpose. We feel that there is no reason to try, that life is empty. This is another illusion.” FeelsTryingSometimesReasonLife IsPurposePracticeIllusionYogaEmptyNo ReasonLife Has No Meaning Author:Frederick Lenz
“claiming that the destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining, blowing the tops off mountains to get at the coal beneath, performs the "necessary" function of creating flat land for development To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land was their desire, with no more moral purpose at the back of it than there is in burglars breaking into a safe.” DesirePurposeMoralPracticeLandTearsDevelopmentSafeMountainCreatingFunctionTreasureDestructiveFlatsCoalRemovalMiningBowelsBurglars Author:Joseph Conrad
“Men had made, we believe, fundamental changes in the doctrines, purposes, and practices of the Pristine Gospel and Church. There had been an apostasy, or a falling away from the true character of Christ's teachings in the centuries which followed the Apostolic age.” MenBelieveMadeCharacterAgePurposeFallChristChurchPracticeTeachingCenturyFundamentalsDoctrinePristineTrue CharacterApostolicApostasy Author:Lowell L. Bennion
“I balance my natural drive for speed and impact with a counterbalancing drive for significance, innovation and sustained customer intimacy. This involves slowing down and moving from transactive management, which focuses on speed, content, accuracy and productivity, to transformative leadership, which focuses on significance, context, authenticity and purpose. This critical shift requires constant diligence, discipline and practice.” MovingPurposeNaturalPracticeBalanceDisciplineInnovationDown AndManagementImpactConstantCriticalCustomersSpeedProductivityAuthenticityIntimacySignificanceSlow DownDiligenceAccuracySlowing Author:Kevin Cashman
“Lenten practices of giving up pleasures are good reminders that the purpose of life is not pleasure. The purpose of life is to attain to perfect life, all truth and undying ecstatic love - which is the definition of God. In pursuing that goal we find happiness. Pleasure is not the purpose of anything; pleasure is a by-product resulting from doing something that is good. One of the best ways to get happiness and pleasure out of life is to ask ourselves, 'How can I please God?' and, 'Why am I not better?' It is the pleasure-seeker who is bored, for all pleasures diminish with repetition.” WayGivingLife IsPurposeAsksGoalPerfectPleasurePracticeProductsPleaseGiving UpDefinitionsBest WayBoredPurpose Of LifeRepetitionDiminishRemindersSeekersFinding HappinessEcstaticPerfect LifeLentenEcstatic Love Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“You can practice deep listening in order to relieve the suffering in us, and in the other person. That kind of listening is described as compassionate listening. You listen only for the purpose of relieving suffering in the other person.” KindPersonsPurposeSufferingOrderPracticeCommunicationListeningCompassionateNonviolent CommunicationDeep Listening Author:Nhat Hanh
“Who am I?” “What is the purpose of my life?” These questions arise spontaneously throughout our lives, either unbidden or through conscious intent. Anyone who wishes to live an authentic life must answer these questions, regardless of whether they believe in the existence of the soul or practice a religion. If these queries remain unanswered, life will more than likely remain superficial and empty, in spite of any material abundance. If you wish to make the soul's journey, then I suggest you ask yourself these questions relentlessly and ruthlessly, and listen carefully.” IfsBelieveSoulPurposeAsksWishAnswersExistencePracticeOur LivesJourneyMaterialsConsciousEmptyAriseAbundanceSpiteSuperficialUnansweredAuthentic LifeQueries Author:Ilchi Lee
“The practice sessions of aspiring champions have a specific and never-changing purpose: Progress. Every second of every minute of every hour, the goal is to extend one's mind and body, to push oneself beyond the outer limits of one's capacities, to engage so deeply in the task that one leaves the training session, literally, a changed person.” MindPersonsBodyMotivationalPurposeSportsGoalHoursPracticeProgressMinutesChangedLimitsSelf ImprovementTrainingCapacityTasksOneselfImprovementChampionMasterySessionMind And BodyExpertiseEvery SecondOuter LimitsChanged Person Author:Matthew Syed
“In my judgment the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives and its basic purposes are conscientiously interpreted, enforced and respected so as to afford continuous protection against old, as well as new, devices and practices which might thwart those purposes. I fear to see the consequences of the Court's practice of substituting its own concepts of decency and fundamental justice for the language of the Bill of Rights as its point of departure in interpreting and enforcing that Bill of Rights.” PeopleWellsLongMightLawPurposeLanguageNationsLosesJusticeLibertyPracticeRightsJudgmentConceptsConsequenceConstitutionFundamentalsBillsCourtProtectionDevicesDecencyDepartureBill Of RightsInterpreting Author:Hugo Black
“Public reformers had need first practice on their own hearts that which they purpose to try on others.” NeedsTryingFirstsHeartPurposePracticeReformers Author:Charles I of England
“The purpose of life is to be happy. I don't think it's any more complicated than that. It's also important not to interfere with anybody else's right to do the same. We just need to practice that. It's the Golden Rule.” ThinkingNeedsImportantLife IsPurposePracticeComplicatedGoldenPurpose Of LifeInterfereGolden Rule Author:Wayne Dyer
“My real purpose in telling middle-school students stories was to practice telling stories. And I practiced on the greatest model of storytelling we've got, which is "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." I told those stories many, many times. And the way I would justify it to the head teacher if he came in or to any parents who complained was, look, I'm telling these great stories because they're part of our cultural heritage. I did believe that.” IfsWayBelieveLooksRealStoriesSchoolPurposeParentPracticeTeacherMiddleStudentsModelsStorytellingJustifyHeritageTelling StoriesMiddle SchoolCultural HeritageOdysseyIliad Author:Philip Pullman
“Most people think that once they've found their purpose and the power to practice it, they'll finally be at peace. Actually, though, it's only by starting in a place of peace that we find our purpose and power. Peace is the first step and the final lesson we all need to learn.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFirstsPurposeFoundStepsPracticeLessonsFinalsStartingFirst StepsPlaces Of Peace Author:Martha Beck
“Building a World Class Company is a commitment to the integration of passion, purpose, and practice.” WorldPurposePassionCompanyClassPracticeBuildingCommitmentIntegrationWorld Class Author:Michael Gerber
“The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment must lead to action in the world.” WorldActionPurposeIndividualPracticeEnlightenmentPursuit Author:Bernie Glassman
“Everyone is a Taoist at heart. Everyone would like to follow nature, but we don't have enough tools yet to put the philosophy into practice... as soon as someone gets sick, they fight the illness, rather than trying to find out the meaning or purpose behind it.” TryingHeartEnoughPhilosophyPurposeFightingBehindsPracticeToolsSickIllness Author:Arnold Mindell
“I had to learn that slower is faster. If you practice every day with patience and correctness, you will get there. It's like preparing for a jump. You can't rush. You must summon the appropriate energy with split-second timing and have an understanding of purpose to get up in the air. It requires training, confidence and mental effort. You can't have a vocabulary without the alphabet. Balanchine used to say, "Do you want to be a poet of gesture or do you want to be a physical entity?"” IfsWantUsedPurposeEnergyUnderstandingEffortPracticeAirPoetTrainingGet UpFasterAppropriateGesturesSplitsTimingEntityPreparingVocabularyCorrectnessAlphabetUp In The Air Author:Edward Villella