“He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination - whose light is but limited - and the illuminating grace of the Spirit abide in him. The first by means of practice trains the flesh in virtue, the second illuminates the intellect so that it chooses above all else companionship with wisdom; and through wisdom it destroys the strongholds of evil and pulls down 'all the self-esteem that exalts itself against the knowledge of God' (II Cor. 10:5).” ShouldFirstsMeanSelfLightChristianSpiritEvilNaturalPracticeVirtueGraceSelf EsteemPrayingTrainStriveIntellectFleshInvisibleDiscriminationEsteemOrthodoxCompanionshipStrifeOrthodox ChristianIlluminatingKnowledge Of GodStrongholds Author:Maximus the Confessor
“It's important to cultivate detachment. One way to do this is to practice imagining yourself dead, or in the process of dying. If there's a window, you must imagine your body falling out the window. If there's a knife, you must imagine the knife piercing your skin. If there's a train coming, you must imagine your torso flattened under its wheels. These exercises are necessary to achieving the proper distance.” IfsWayImportantBodyFallProcessPracticeImagineAchieveDyingWindowSkinsDistanceTrainYour BodyOne WayWheelsEmptinessKnivesDetachmentNumbnessPiercingsTorsoGirl InterruptedImagining Yourself Author:Susanna Kaysen
“From the fame opinion of a soul distinct from the body came the practice of praying, first for the dead, and then to them with a long train of other absurd opinions, and superstitious practices.” FirstsLongSoulBodyOpinionPracticePrayingFameTrainAbsurdSuperstitious Book:An History of the Corruption of Christianity Source: An History of the Corruption of Christianity
“If you do a practice and train your attention to hover in the present, then you will build the internal capacity to do that as needed - at will and voluntarily.” IfsAttentionPracticeNeededCapacityTrainInternals Author:Daniel Goleman
“To practice Zen Buddhism is to train oneself to eliminate hatred, anger and selfishness and to develop loving-kindness towards all.” PracticeKindnessBuddhismHatredAngerTrainOneselfSelfishnessZen BuddhismLoving Kindness Author:Thich Thien-An
“Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.” MenWantShouldTryingFirstsEducationLeaderMoralTeachPracticeHe ManTrainSuperiorsEducatePreachingEducating Others Author:Ali ibn Abi Talib
“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.” PeopleSometimesMightValuesOpportunityPracticeVirtueStudyMeditationActivityTrainingEssenceTrainVirtuousUnderestimateSessionDharma Author:Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
“Americans are not going to tolerate intimidation, terror and outright acts of war against this nation and its people. And we are especially not going to tolerate these attacks from outlaw states run by the strangest collection of misfits, Looney Tunes and squalid criminals since the advent of the Third Reich ... There can be no place on earth where it is safe for these monsters to rest,or train or practice their cruel and deadly. We must act together - or unilateraly, if necessary - to ensue that these terrorists have no sanctuary, anywhere.” PeopleIfsWarStatesRunningEarthTogetherNationsPracticeSafeThirdsTrainTerrorCriminalsMonstersTerroristCollectionsTunesTolerateDeath PenaltySanctuaryIntimidationOutlawAdventMisfitsLooney Tunes Author:Ronald Reagan
“I warned that there should be no place on Earth where terrorists can rest and train and practice their deadly skills. I meant it. I said that we would act with others, if possible, and alone if necessary to ensure that terrorists have no sanctuary anywhere. Tonight, we have.” IfsShouldSaidEarthPracticeSkillsTrainTerroristTonightDeath PenaltySanctuary Book:Speaking my mind: selected speeches Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches
“I usually practice on a small, low wire, that features the predominant wind. I study the meteorology of the place at the time that I am supposed to do my walk, and then I find the predominant direction and velocity of the wind and I train to fight that wind.” FightingWalksPracticeStudyWindLowsTrainFeaturesWireVelocityMeteorology Author:Philippe Petit
“You don't train for only the 100-meter dash and you don't practice only the excerpts. When I prepared for auditions, I spent most of my time each day on scales and exercises to be my best in basic musicianship, and only a half-hour or so on the actual excerpts I'd be playing.” HoursHalfPracticeExerciseTrainPreparedScalesMy TimeEach DayAuditionsMeterHalf HoursMusicianship Author:Jim Rogers
“I've written in every imaginable location; a repurposed closet, the kitchen table, the bleachers while my kids had basketball practice, the front seat of the car when they were at soccer. In airports. On trains. In the break room when I was supposed to be wolfing down dinner. In the back of classrooms when I was supposed to be paying attention.” KidsRoomsAttentionBreakPracticeWrittenCarFrontsBasketballTablesTrainDinnerSupposed To BeSoccerPay AttentionKitchenSeatsClassroomLocationClosetsAirportsKitchen TableBleachers Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“When players go out and train on their own, they usually do it at half speed. This kind of training is valuable, but it doesn't prepare you for competition, where you must perform at full throttle. So the trick is to schedule regular sessions of intense practice, while always leaving time to juggle and generally goof around with the ball” KindHalfPracticePlayerTrainingBallsCompetitionTrainLeavingValuableSpeedTricksIntenseUsaSchedulesSessionThrottleGoofsAlways Leaving Author:Mia Hamm