Quotes of: Practical Keyword

But virtue, by the bare statement of its actions, can so affect men's minds as to create at once both admiration of the things done and desire to imitate the doers of them. The goods of fortune we would possess and would enjoy; those of virtue we lon...

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Vol 1

Contemplating the goodness within ourselves is a classical meditation, done to bring light, joy, and rapture to the mind. In contemporary times this practice might be considered rather embarrassing, because so often the emphasis is on all the unfortu...

Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

When we are rich and famous and powerful, we do not want to die. On the other hand, if we are miserable and suffering, we want to die and leave it all. But can joy or misery last forever? There is a saying, "All celebrations must end sometime." Any w...

Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living

Let your eyes see what they see, not what others want you to see. Let your ears hear what they naturally hear, not what others want you to hear. Let your mouth speak your mind freely and not be constrained by other people's approval or disapproval. L...

Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living

One of the most ugly aspects of life in Communist China during the Mao Zedong era was the Party’s demand that people inform on each other routinely and denounce each other during political campaigns. This practice had a profoundly destructive effec...

Life and Death in Shanghai

Although forms appear to the mind, the (objective) appearances are not mind.... When the reflection of your face appears in a mirror, it appears as the face looks, because the clear surface of the mirror is capable of making the reflection appear and...

The Practice of Dzogchen

After I nodded, she continued. “We can no longer express with words our emotional states, our revelations, our transformations. Words fail. We are in the very beginning stages of what might take years or even decades of transition. The human race i...

The Unknown Mother: A Magical Walk with the Goddess of Sound

When you feel overwhelmed, you’re trying too hard. That kind of energy does not help the other person and it does not help you. You should not be too eager to help right away. There are two things: to be and to do. Don’t think too much about to d...

Thich Nhat Hanh

Dolores Umbridge: Pardon me, Professor, but what exactly are you insinuating? Minerva McGonagall: I am merely requesting that when it comes to my students you conform to the prescribed disciplinary practices. Dolores Umbridge: So silly of me, but it ...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The best religion or practice is the one that makes us better. (42)

Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity

In sum, then, "thinking about thinking" has to be a principal ingredient of any empowering practice of education.

The Culture of Education

The test of real and vigorous thinking, the thinking which ascertains truths instead of dreaming dreams, is successful application to practice.

Considerations on Representative Government

Spirituality is a way of life. it is not just doing meditation.

Creative Transformation - The Golden Lotus Sutras on Spiritual Practice

One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.

The Dharma Bums

It is practically a matter of life or death for a True Cock Worshiper to taste pre-cum.

Demonsapienism & True Cock Worship: True Cock Worship

All religions are beautiful in the story, as you say. It's when they're put into practice that they grow ugly.

The Enemy of the Good

Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.

Eleven Minutes

I wonder if whoever invented World of Warcraft realizes it’s practice for sociopaths.

Every Fifteen Minutes

They were almost never alone, and now that they almost-practically were, he felt kind of frantic for her attention.

Eleanor & Park

... reading was hardly as practical a skill as being able to handle a dagger or use Allomancy?

The Final Empire

In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World