Quotes by Practice Extend some kind of unexpected generosity to someone, preferably a stranger, every single day for two weeks. The more you practice being generous, the more you'll impact others in an inspiring way. Wayne Dyer impactpracticetwo I make no effort to predict the course of general business or the stock market. Period. However, currently there are practices snowballing in the security markets and business world which, while devoid of short term predictive value, bother me as to possible long term consequences. Warren Buffett effortpracticelong I practice the artist's golden rule. I wouldn't want somebody telling me how to finish my painting, I'm not going to tell him how to finish his movie or how to shape his movie. Wayne White shapesartistpractice The practice of meditation is represented by the three monkeys, who cover their eyes, ears and mouths so as to avoid the phenomenal world. Wei Wu Wei eyemeditationpractice Be like the fox Wendell Berry trackpracticefoxes So, friends, every day do something that won't compute...Give your approval to all you cannot understand...Ask the questions that have no answers. Put your faith in two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years...Laugh. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts....Practice resurrection. Wendell Berry practicetwoyears I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it. Wendell Pierce practicelittlestwo Practice radical humility when it comes to your own accomplishments, and give credit everywhere except to your ego. Wayne Dyer humilitypracticespiritual A person who undertakes to grow a garden at home, by practices that will preserve rather than exploit the economy of the soil, has his mind precisely against what is wrong with us... What I am saying is that if we apply our minds directly and competently to the needs of the earth, then we will have begun to make fundamental and necessary changes in our minds. We will begin to understand and to mistrust and to change our wasteful economy, which markets not just the produce of earth, but also the earth's ability to produce. Wendell Berry gardenpracticehome A person who undertakes to grow a garden at home, by practices that will preserve rather than exploit the economy of the soil, has his mind precisely against what is wrong with us. Wendell Berry gardenpracticehome A change of heart or of values without a practice is only another pointless luxury of a passively consumptive way of life. Wendell Berry luxurypracticeheart The two ideas, justice and vocation, are inseparable.... It is by way of the principle and practice of vocation that sanctity and reverence enter into the human economy. It was thus possible for traditional cultures to conceive that "to work is to pray." (pg. 258, The Idea of a Local Economy) Wendell Berry practicetwoideas The people who benefit from this state of affairs have been at pains to convince us that the agricultural practices and policies that have almost annihilated the farming population have greatly benefited the population of food consumers. But more and more consumers are now becoming aware that our supposed abundance of cheap and healthful food is to a considerable extent illusory. Wendell Berry convince-uspainpractice The question before me, now that I am old, is not how to be dead, which I know from enough practice, but how to be alive, as these worn hills still tell, and some paintings of Paul Cezanne, and this mere singing wren, who thinks he's alive forever, this instant, and may be. Wendell Berry practiceforeverthinking Practice beauty appreciation in as many places as possible. Nature provides a virtual smorgasbord of miracles. See the beauty in all of it. Wayne Dyer practiceappreciationbeauty Go with your love to the fields. Wendell Berry trackpracticelying Practice being gentle, respectful and loving toward the life force in all things. Remind yourself that your efforts do make a difference, even if you think they are miniscule in comparison to the magnitude of the problem. Wayne Dyer differencespracticethinking If you refuse to change your job (if you don't like it), the only sensible thing you can do is practice loving it every day. Wayne Dyer practicesensiblejobs Practice being the kind of person you wish to attract. Wayne Dyer practicewishinspirational Any religion has to have a practice. When you let it go so far from practice that it just becomes a matter of talk something bad happens. Wendell Berry let-it-gopracticematter«207208209210211212213214215216217»
