Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again. — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Mastery has been achieved when one neither makes a mistake nor hesitates in the performance. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Mastery is in constantly wanting to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be. — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
Observation and study are necessary to achieve mastery of light and form — Andrew Loomis Copy Share Image
Nihilism is a natural consequence of a culture (or civilization) ruled and regulated by categories that mask manipulation, mastery and domination of… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“Personal mastery is about how you navigate the beauty and struggle of everyday life—not perfection but mastery with life’s imperfection.” — Brian Braudis Copy Share Image
Each moment calls for a different stylistic essence and a different sense of impact, and mastery of this balance is an art… — Nina Garcia Copy Share Image
Even those who have the weakest souls could acquire absolute mastery over all their passions if we employed sufficient ingenuity in training… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
It ["The Ancient Mariner"] is marvellous in its mastery over that delightfully fortuitous inconsequence that is the adamantine logic of dreamland. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view that the struggle for existence is a… — Frederick Soddy Copy Share Image
“Achieving mastery requires breaking through the shell of your own limitations—both actual and imagined—and struggling up to the freedom and enjoyment of… — Erika Andersen Copy Share Image
Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else. — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
If I had known there was such a thing as Islamic Calligraphy, I would never have started to paint. I have strived… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Emotional mastery provides a solid, stable foundation upon which to create the life you long for. Together with the creating skills and… — Bruce Elkin Copy Share Image
I had never heard anyone play like Benny Goodman and had never seen anyone like him on the stage. I realize now… — Marian Seldes Copy Share Image
“Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Now I truly believe that we in this generation must come to terms with nature, and I think we're challenged, as mankind… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
“Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of… — Peter M. Senge Copy Share Image
In writing you work toward a result you won't see for years, and can't be sure you'll ever see. It takes stamina… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Mastery lies not merely in stilling the mind, but in directing it towards whatever point we desire, in allowing it to be… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
One can be a great artist without being a great technician. There have been many famous ballet stars who did not have… — Fernando Bujones Copy Share Image
Often nothing keeps the pupil on the move but his faith in his teacher, whose mastery is now beginning to dawn on… — Eugen Herrigel Copy Share Image
There is always, in the fine arts, a physical interface between the artist's esthetic vision and the material result he seeks. The… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Man's destiny was to conquer and rule the world, and this is what he's done.. almost. He hasn't quite made it, and… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
Misfortune occurs or can occur to anyone, of any sort of character. The eudaimonic has more resources to avoid it (being in… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“We could express this power in the following way: Most of the time we live in an interior world of dreams, desires,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. Its ultimate… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Do it the hard way! Think ahead of your job. Then nothing in the world can keep the job ahead from reaching… — Harlow Curtice Copy Share Image