Master Quotes

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The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always… — Gustave Le Bon
How could a society escape destruction if, when political ties are relaxed, moral ties are not tightened, and what can be done with a people… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and re-read them...digest them...a student will find that his… — Charles Spurgeon
Master your breath, let the self be in bliss, contemplate on the sublime within you. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master. — George Washington
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering… — Brian Tracy
He meant that when people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, master and pupils, jailer and prisoners. They become a single group… — Gilbert Highet
You are the architect of your owner destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your life.… — Brian Tracy
Said the monk: "All these mountains and rivers and the earth and stars - where do they come from?" Said the master: "Where does your… — Anthony de Mello
"What is the secret of your serenity?" Said the master: "Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable." — Anthony de Mello
"My former master taught me to accept birth and death." "Then what have you come to me for?" asked the master. "To learn to accept… — Anthony de Mello
If you want to learn a thing, read that. If you want to know a thing, write that; if you want to master a thing,… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master. — Samuel Johnson
"I seek the meaning of existence," said the stranger. "You are of course assuming," said the Master, "that existence has a meaning." "Doesn't it?" "When… — Anthony de Mello
The master never seemed to have his fill of gazing at his firstborn child. "What do you want him to be when he grows up?"… — Anthony de Mello
The seeker says, "I do not know." That takes honesty. The master says, "I do not know." That takes a mystic's mind that knows things… — Anthony de Mello
"Why is everyone here so happy except me?" "Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere," said the Master. "Why don't I see… — Anthony de Mello
For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics) he feels himself master of… — George Orwell
We Have the Ability to Achieve, If We Master the Necessary Goodwill, a Common Global Society — Mahnaz Afkhami
Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, "I am of no value", is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have… — Dalai Lama

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