Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

A winning effort begins with preparation.

I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.

The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.

A happy childhood... is the worst possible preparation for life.

I don't remember the first half of my life. All I say is a happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for life.

Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps.

Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work.

In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war.

There is the danger of over preparation, of loss of spontaneity; over rehearsal is the most terrible thing you can imagine. We do have a very close association between costume and set designer, though. And the cameraman is very important, of course.

It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation; it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation.

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.