Love and magic have a great deal in common. they enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.

You become a great writer by writing lots and lots of stories, not by rewriting the same story over and over again.

In sitting meditation, our practice is to watch our thoughts arise, label them "thinking", and return to the breath.

What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.

Meditation practice is not about later, when you get it all together and you’re this person you really respect.

But the way of practice is just to be concentrated on your breathing with the right posture and with great, pure effort.

Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there.

Smartass Disciple: Master, what did you do to earn wisdom ?Master of Stupidity: Well, I forget. Shit happened, life goes on.

When u practice something with conscious mind n then continue practicing the same even with sub-conscious mind, You Master it..

In practice, we return over and over again to perception, to just sitting. Practice is just hearing, just seeing, just feeling.

The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.

Mere philosophy will not satisfy us. We cannot reach the goal by mere words alone. Without practice, nothing can be achieved. (3)

We didn't come to the world just to entertain, we came to play remarkable roles, and our reward is to see you doing more than us.

The basis of the practice is to directly participate in each moment as it occurs with as much awareness and understanding as possible.

Even when you practice zazen alone, without a teacher, I think you will find some way to tell whether your practice is adequate or not.