Quotes by Practice During the day extend that attitude to everyone you meet. Practice cherishing the "simplest" person (clerks, attendants, etc) or people you dislike. Dalai Lama buddhistpracticeattitude Continue this practice no matter what happens or what anyone does to you. Dalai Lama buddhistpracticedoe The most important thing is practice in daily life; then you can Dalai Lama religiouspracticeorder Love is a simple practice yet it is very beneficial for the individual who practices it as well as for the community in which he lives, for the nation, and for the whole world Dalai Lama simplepracticelove If you practice in accord with your individual capacity, little by little you will find more pleasure and joy in it. As you gain inner strength, your positive actions will gain in profundity and scope. Dalai Lama inner-strengthpracticejoy In the past, the respect people had for religion meant that ethical practice was maintained through a majority following one religion or another. But this is no longer the case. We must therefore find some other way of establishing basic ethical principles. Dalai Lama ethical-principlespracticepast Those who like myself, consider themselves to be followers of Buddha, should practice as much as we can. To followers of other religious traditions, I would like to say, 'Please practice your own religion seriously and sincerely.' And to non-believers, I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness. Dalai Lama religiouspracticeattitude In the Buddha's life story we see the three stages of practice: Morality comes first, then concentrated meditation, and then wisdom. And we see that the path takes time. Dalai Lama threemeditationpractice Life can be pleasant or miserable. To lead a fruitful life, and to make it positive, practice analytical meditation. Dalai Lama miserablemeditationpractice But when it comes to democratic political parties, I prefer that monks and nuns not join them - in order to ensure proper democratic practice. Dalai Lama partypracticeorder Democratic institutions are necessary and very important, and if I remained at the head of government, it could be an obstacle to democratic practice. Also, if I were to remain, then I would have to join one of the parties. If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work. Dalai Lama partygovernmentpractice 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. Dalai Lama buddhistcompassionpractice Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking. Dale Carnegie swimmingpracticewater Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God. Dallas Willard practicespiritualpeople The core of the person is what he or she loves, and that is bound up with what they worship - that insight recalibrates the radar for cultural analysis. The rituals and practices that form our loves spill out well beyond the sanctuary. Many secular liturgies are trying to get us to love some other kingdom and some other gods. Dallas Willard analysispracticetrying Education (the institution) has now adopted values, attitudes, and practices that make any rigorous understanding of the human self and life impossible. Dallas Willard practiceselfattitude Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well. Dallas Willard pianopracticeplay See, once you have begun to experience solitude and silence, you discover that you actually have a soul and that there is a God.Then you can begin to practice Sabbath and that will enable you to re-enter community.You can't have community without Sabbath. Dallas Willard communitysilencepractice Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places. Dallin H. Oaks following-christpracticecommitment If we knew that we would meet the Lord tomorrow - through our premature death or through His unexpected coming - what would we do today? What confessions would we make? What practices would we discontinue? What accounts would we settle? What forgivenesses would we extend? What testimonies would we bear? If we would do those things then, why not now? Dallin H. Oaks why-notpracticetoday«3839404142434445464748»
