#practice

When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of "thuggery" practiced on both sides, that terrible things were done to force the final victory. ↗

— Rufus Jones

#both #both sides #done #ends #equal

I never practice; I always play. ↗

— Wanda Landowska

#i #i always #never #play #practice

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche. ↗

— Tanith Lee

#better #book #cliche #everyone #had

Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice. ↗

— David Seabury

#character #good #humor #practice #requires

If medicine was practiced in 1965 the way it's practiced today, there's no question that prescriptions would have been included in Medicare. ↗

— John Podesta

#included #medicare #medicine #practiced #prescriptions

Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian. ↗

— David Remnick

#complex #constant #enough #everything #happy

Being a monk was the strangest and most perverted way of life imaginable. Monks spent half their lives putting themselves through pain and discomfort that they could easily avoid, and the other half muttering meaningless mumbo jumbo in empty churches at all hours of the day and night. They deliberately shunned anything good—girls, sports, feasting and family life. ↗

— Ken Follett

#monks #religious-practices #family

[I]t is important not to abandon the practice [of yoga] because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice of yoga itself transforms. Yoga has a magical quality. . . . (20) ↗

— Ravi Ravindra

#practice #transformation #yoga #motivational

Traditions that cease to evolve render themselves irrelevant or obsolete. And what's the problem with inventing new performance practices? Are customs being slandered? Do successful alternative diminish the value of traditional ones? *The argument that musicians must embrace conventional rituals is just as perilous as unilaterally rejecting them.* ↗

— David Cutler

#music #musicians #performance #performance-practice #traditions

The best religion or practice is the one that makes us better. (42) ↗

— Jean-Yves Leloup

#religion #spirituality #religion