"You must spend time every day, even if it is just a few minutes, in practice of creative envisioning."
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"I don't practice anything. I spend time looking over ideas and then just get out and do it."
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"You know economists; they're the sort of people who see something works in practice and wonder if it would work in theory."
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"All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre."
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"My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice."
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"Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it"
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"That's right," said Luna encouragingly, as if they were back in the Room of Requirement and this was simply spell practice for the D.A. "That's right, Harry... come on, think of something happy..." "Something happy?" he said, his voice cracked. "We're all still here," she whispered, "We're still fighting. Come on, now."
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"I believe what I practice has to do with something deeper than religion, that it embodies all religions, including Judaism. And Christianity. And Islam."
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"The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like 'religion', to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and the symbolism."
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"All is well, practice kindness, heaven is nigh."
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"If we return to the two faces of individualism - individualism as the spur of energy, initiative, and imagination; and individualism as the limitless struggle of all against all - it can be seen how the two practices emerge from and limit the extend of the disequilibrating impact of the contradiction involved in the geocultural agenda."
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"Life creeps slowly upward.... When some forgotten inventor of the older world smote his rival or enemy with a branch of wood and found that it was good and thereafter made a practice of smiting rivals and enemies with branches of wood, then, and on that day, artificiality may be said to have begun. Then, and on that day, was begun a revolution destined to change the history of life. Then, and on that day, was laid the cornerstone of that most tremendous of artifices, CIVILIZATION!"
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"It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof."
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"The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice mindfulness diligently, to attain the goal of awakening."
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"As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who practices it not."
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"We have a lamp inside us. The oil of that lamp is our breathing, our steps, and our peaceful smile. Our practice is to light up the lamp."
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"Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping."
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"Before practicing meditation, we see that mountains are mountains. When we start to practice, we see that mountains are no longer mountains. After practicing a while, we see that mountains are again mountains. Now the mountains are very free. Our mind is still with the mountains, but it is no longer bound to anything."
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"With mindfulness - the practice of peace - we can begin by working to transform the wars in ourselves. Conscious breathing helps us do this."
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"Your anxiety is your baby. You have to take care of it. You have to go back to yourself, recognize the suffering in you, embrace the suffering, and you get relief. And if you continue with your practice of mindfulness, you understand the roots, the nature of the suffering, and you know the way to transform it."
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