"He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice."
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"Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice."
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"A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice."
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"My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them."
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"To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one's time, abilities, and possessions in service, whenever and wherever needed, without prejudice concerning the identity of those in need."
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"Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equilibrium he will lose grace (and probably fall off)."
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"There are secrets to our world that only practice can reveal, and no opinion or analysis will ever capture in full."
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"Once the inner connection is grasped, all theoretical belief in the permanent necessity of existing conditions collapses before their collapse in practice -- Letter to Ludwig Kugelmann (July 11, 1868)"
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"The way in which these two practices contain each other is that it has always been possible to use the one against the other: to use racism-sexism to prevent universalism from moving too far in the direction of egalitarianism; to use universalism to prevent racism-sexism from moving too far in the direction of a caste system that would inhibit the work force mobility so necessary for the capitalist accumulation process."
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"If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance."
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"Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. They come from social practice, and from it alone; they come from three kinds of social practice, the struggle for production, the class struggle and scientific experiment."
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"We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis."
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"As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing."
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"If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid."
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"We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet."
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"Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon."
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"Every practice, every film session, every game will help our chemistry."
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"Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practice it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason."
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"Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless."
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"It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration."
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