Herb Spencer - Philosopher

Practice:  Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

I think it's interesting that people who like to read also like music.  There was absolutely no music in the house when I was a child but my mother read to me every night.

I think that the best way to approach life is to get in there and mix it up.  I know that when I was drinking I never wanted to try anything new.  I was so afraid that I was not going to do something well that I didn't do very many things.  Not the case today, I'll tell you that.

We discussed prayer and meditation in the morning meeting today.  I think the consensus was that the only incorrect technique is to practice no technique at all.  You think you suck at prayer and meditation?  Well, no shit - we all suck at it.  It's hard as hell.  Even when I sit down and have an atrocious session I think that I do myself a lot of good.

I think this is a good concept: 

"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation."     --HERBERT SPENCER