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“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.”
Albert Einstein
“A monk asked Master Haryo, 'What is the way?' Haryo said, 'An open-eyed man falling into the well”
Zen Koan
“As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.”
Solomon Ibn Gabirol ben Judah
“Every one can master a grief but he that has it”
William Shakespeare
“Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.”
Clara Barton
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.”
“He's the master, ... It's admirable. I watch him with my mouth open and think, 'How does he do it?' If I could only have a scrap of that. If only I could take all filters off my mouth, it would be so great.”
Stephen Colbert
“The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon”
Douglas William Jerrold
“To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still”
Oscar Wilde