Master Quotes
2461 quotes by 1635 authors
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Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a pupil, who listens to all…
— Immanuel Kant
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The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call him what I will.
— Henry George
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Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.
— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
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Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying, we come "underneath,"…
— Richard J. Foster
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Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
— Joseph Conrad
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Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.
— J. G. Holland
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I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work.
— Andrew Carnegie
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The guru is just trying to help you, to bring you to a point where you can at least surrender the ego. Then a deep…
— Rajneesh
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The real master is only a presence. He has no intentions of being a master. His presence is his teaching. His love is his message.…
— Rajneesh
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Take a good look at your mind. Examine it closely. The first thing you will come to know is that the mind has become the…
— Rajneesh
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The individual has totally different interests from the society, because the society has no soul. The society is soulless. And if you become too much…
— Rajneesh
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If one can surrender, if one can trust the Master, one has surrendered to God, one has trusted God. And sooner or later one is…
— Rajneesh
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The reality is just the opposite: the master does nothing. It is in your becoming a disciple that the whole mystery lies. It is in…
— Rajneesh
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A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and…
— François-René de Chateaubriand
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Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you…
— Al-Ghazali
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The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
— Elizabeth Bishop
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He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate.
— Friedrich Schiller
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If we master a bit of drawing, everything else is possible.
— Alberto Giacometti
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Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
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Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.
— Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
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