“Practice transforms a skill into an art”

“Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After you have practiced enough, you become more skilled at the art form itself. You do not practice to become a great scale player or drill champion. You practice to become a musician or athlete. Likewise, one does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.”

“The greatest spiritual practice is to transform love into service”

“To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.”

“Reading is a majority skill but a minority art.”

“Creation is a knack which is empowered by practice, and like almost any skill, it is lost if you don't practice it.”