1,113 Quotes About Practice


  • Author Daisuke Takahashi
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    I was disappointed that I couldn't do the triple axel. I had trouble doing it in practice and overcompensated in today's program.

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  • Author Eckhart Tolle
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    Some people get attached to their practice. They get good at it, but even becoming a good meditator can become a hindrance.

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  • Author Eckhart Tolle
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    A practice can be helpful, but didn't the Buddha compare it to a raft, suggesting it be abandoned when you reach the other shore?

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  • Author Henry David Thoreau
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    Once I went so far as to slaughter a woodchuck which ravaged my bean-field,--effect his transmigration, as a Tartar would say,--and devour him, partly for experiment's sake; but though it afforded me a momentary enjoyment, notwithstanding a musky flavor, I saw that the longest use would not make that a good practice, however it might seem to have your woodchucks ready dressed by the village butcher.

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  • Author Marcus Trufant
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    Everyone went on trying to practice and do things as usual. But it was always in the back of guys' minds.

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