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• The practice of translation rests on two presuppositions. The first is that we are all different: we speak different tongues, and see the world in ways that are deeply influenced by the particular features of the tongue that we speak. The second is that we are all the same - that we can share the same broad and narrow kinds of feelings, information, understandings, and so forth. Without both of these suppositions, translation could not exist. Nor could anything we would like to call social life. Translation is another name for the human condition.

  David Bellos

  Names, Two, Understanding

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• The most successful people start with dominant talent—and then add skills, knowledge, and practice to the mix. When they do this, the raw talent actually serves as a multiplier.

  Tom Rath

  Successful, Skills, People

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• As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue.

  David Korten

  Long, Rogues, Financial

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• We have in us a divine spark that you can see. It's a Light that shines in the human being. It's our direct access to truth, our direct access to God. The purpose of all the spiritual practices that exist are to awaken that sparkto give it life, to give it energy, so that it can transform you. One of the energies that comes from that spark is Love.

  Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

  Spiritual, Light, Giving

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• It is not necessary for one to have perfected moral practice before asking others to consider their own actions

  Stephanie Kaza

  Asking, Action, Moral

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• Intimacy is at the heart of competence. It has to do with understanding, with believing, and with practice. It has to do with the relationship to one's work.

  Max De Pree

  Believe, Heart, Understanding

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• Theory without practice is of little value, whereas practice is the proof of theory.Theory is the knowledge, practice the ability.

  Alois Podhajsky

  Littles, Proof, Theory

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• For the young, the practice of equitation is a valuable lesson, as it requires the exercise of all human virtue. If they are introduced to the practice of riding by understanding and patient teachers, then they too will develop these traits. The young rider grows to realize the horse is a partner rather than a slave who also deserves love and understanding.

  Nuno Oliveira

  Teacher, Horse, Exercise

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• Yoga is the practice of radical transformation

  Georg Feuerstein

  Yoga, Transformation, Radical

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• The more we practice nonviolence in our words, thoughts and actions the more peaceful will be our inner state.

  Amit Ray

  Peaceful, Our Words, Action

  Amit Ray (2012). “Nonviolence: The Transforming Power”, p.72, INNER LIGHT PUBLISHERS

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• See if you can approach your own practice with a healthy combination of mindfulness, playfulness, precision, and curiosity

  Cyndi Lee

  Healthy, Curiosity, Mindfulness

  Cyndi Lee (2004). “Yoga Body, Buddha Mind”, p.24, Penguin

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• One of the greatest inhibitions to the development of human potential is the aversion to effective practice.

  Douglas B. Reeves

  Development, Aversion, Human Potential

  Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.50, ASCD

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• When thought is in bondage the truth is hidden, for everything is murky and unclear, and the burdensome practice of judging brings annoyance and weariness. What benefit can be derived from distinctions and separations?

  Sengcan

  Judging, Benefits, Separation

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• To contact the deeper truth of who we are, we must engage in some activity or practice that questions what we assume to be true about ourselves.

  A. H. Almaas

  Inspirational, Truth, Real

  A. H. Almaas (2000). “The Point of Existence: Transformations of Narcissism in Self-Realization”, p.29, Shambhala Publications

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• It is not that practice makes perfect but that practice is perfect, combining effort with an openness to grace.

  David Richo

  Perfect, Effort, Grace

  David Richo (2002). “How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving”, p.13, Shambhala Publications

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• The Five A’s (attention, appreciation, acceptance, affection, allowing) are simultaneously the fulfillment of our earliest needs, the requirements of adult intimacy and of universal compassion, and the essential qualities of mindfulness practice.

  David Richo

  Appreciation, Acceptance, Compassion

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• Climbing Jacob''s Ladder is a gutsy, glowing account of one man's encounter with a potent spiritual practice and how it transformed his life. This is a precious book - that rare combination of solid wisdom and good literature.

  Larry Dossey

  Spiritual, Book, Men

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• When it comes to peace, we need to facilitate peace-makers' personal engagement and their genuine desire to bridge the gap between advocacy knowledge and skills necessary to differentiate between theory and practice in the field of conflict management.

  Widad Akrawi

  Bridges, Skills, Desire

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• Many of you would like to take evil and step on it, destroying it like you would a bug. Squish, smash! Begone into another reality! This practice of eliminating human life because it is perceived as evil does you no good. In the end your history and experience are filled with war of one kind or another; humans fighting one another for the right to speak their truth and share their perception.And one human or another is always wanting to suppress someone else's ideas, someone else's thinking.

  Barbara Marciniak

  War, Fighting, Reality

  Barbara Marciniak (1998). “Family of Light: Pleiadian Tales and Lessons in Living”, p.70, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

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• I have observed several hundred salespeople who were taught to use deceptive practices like 'bait and switch' and encouraged to play negotiation games with customers. They were so stressed by this behavior that they suffered from a high incidence of alcohol and substance abuse, divorce, job-jumping, and low productivity. In the same industry, I have observed countless people who had been taught to sell with high integrity. Ironically, their customer satisfaction, profit margins, and salesperson retention were significantly higher.

  Ron Willingham

  Jobs, Integrity, Divorce

  Ron Willingham (2009). “Integrity Selling for the 21st Century: How to Sell the Way People Want to Buy”, p.13, Crown Business

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• Most children, even very bright ones, need constant review and practice to truly own a concept in grammar, math or science. In schools today, on paper it may appear that kids are learning skills, but in reality they are only renting them, soon to forget what they've learned over the weekend or summer vacation.

  Rafe Esquith

  Summer, Children, Kids

  Rafe Esquith (2009). “Lighting Their Fires: How Parents and Teachers Can Raise Extraordinary Kids in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World”, p.22, Penguin

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• We need practice solving problems.

  Bob Gill

  Needs, Problem, Problem Solving

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• In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different.

  Larry McVoy

  Yoga, Different, Theory

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• The celebration... you cannot practice it or anything. It's a moment when the excitement of your goal make you react to the moment.

  Peter Bondra

  Goal, Excitement, Celebration

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• Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Spiritual Practice

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “Stillness Speaks”, p.15, New World Library

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