Quotes by Practice No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way. Jack Kornfield yogareflectionpractice All of spiritual practice is a matter of relationship: to ourselves, to others, to life's situations. Jack Kornfield practicespiritualmatter I'm very pessimistic about that, no matter how hard we may try. The Chinese market is huge, but out of last year's $2 billion box office, $1.8 billion was taken in by foreign movies, and just $200 million by our own movies, no matter how much we have learned of their techniques, or their good practices. The Hollywood movies imported into China are all good movies; does the U.S. make lousy movies? Yes, too many lousy movies, but the imports are good films, so how can they not be box office hits? They're all hits. Jackie Chan takenpracticeyears Through practice, gently and gradually we can collect ourselves and learn how to be more fully with what we do. Jack Kornfield practice There are many ways up the mountain and each of us must choose a practice that feels true to our heart. Jack Kornfield mountainpracticeheart While I have the utmost respect for people who practice the Christian faith, the fact is, as everyone knows, I am as Jewish as a matzo ball or kosher salami. Jackie Mason practicechristianpeople All is well, practice kindness, heaven is nigh. Jack Kerouac practicekindnessheaven Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice. Jack Kornfield judgmentalpracticespiritual A factor that greatly supports the opening of energy in practice is exercise and care of the physical body. Jack Kornfield supportpracticeexercise In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion. Jack Kornfield buddhistmeditationpractice We can bring our spiritual practice into the streets, into our communities, when we see each realm as a temple, as a place to discover that which is sacred. Jack Kornfield buddhismpracticespiritual The Sufis have a saying: "Praise Allah, and tie your camel to a post." This brings together both parts of practice: pray, yes, but also make sure that you do what is necessary in the world. Jack Kornfield tiespracticeprayer As we follow a genuine path of practice, our sufferings may seem to increase because we no longer hide from them or from ourselves. When we do not follow the old habits of fantasy and escape, we are left facing the actual problems and contradictions of our life. Jack Kornfield old-habitssufferingpractice Samadhi doesn’t just come of itself; it takes practice. Jack Kornfield samadhipractice If the fact that people make poor decisions is reason enough for the government to second-guess their decisions about dangerous activities such as smoking cigarettes and riding motorcycles, why on earth should the government let people make their own choices when it comes to such consequential matters as where to live, how much education to get, whom to marry, whether to have children, which job to take, or what religion to practice? Jacob Sullum practicejobschildren The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation. Jack Kornfield qualitylevelspractice The ever-present impulse is to push against restriction and, in so doing, to feel intolerably hemmed in. Thus in practice, every liberation increases the sense of oppression. Nor is the paradox merely in the mind: the laws enacted to secure the rights of every person and group, by creating protective boundaries, create new barriers. Jacques Barzun practicerightslaw Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is no longer relevant and is counter-productive to our survival. Jacque Fresco survivalearthpractice We have to admit that there is an immeasurable distance between all that we read in the Bible and the practice of the Church and of Christians. Jacques Ellul distancepracticechristian These critics organize and practice in my case a sort of obsessive personality cult which philosophers should know how to question and above all, to moderate. Jacques Derrida philosopherpersonalitypractice«8788899091929394959697»
