Master Quotes

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Believing is a daring adventure into the unseen, it is a radiant faith in the unexplored, the undiscovered, the miracles of the future. . .… — Wilferd Peterson
Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes… — Laozi
There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue… — William Booth
I didn't want a guru or a kung fu master or a spiritual director. I didn't want to become a sorcerer or learn the zen… — Daniel Quinn
The Master would insist that the final barrier to our attaining God was the word and concept God. — Anthony de Mello
John Stowell plays jazz, but he doesn’t use any of the clichés; he has an incredible originality. John is a master creator. — Larry Coryell
There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say. 'Love… — Anthony de Mello
A master was once unmoved by the complaints of his disciples that, though they listened with pleasure to his parables and stories, they were also… — Anthony de Mello
The dog barking at you from behind his master's fence acts for a motive indistinguishable from that of his master when the fence was built. — Robert Ardrey
While you live your life aboard the ship of life be aware of the sea of life on which it floats and on which it… — Ian Gardner
The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold… — Laozi
Problems form an important part of our lives. They are placed in our path for us to overcome them, not to be overcome by them.… — Royden G. Derrick
No man should think that peace comes easily. Peace does not come by merely wanting it, or shouting for it, or marching down Main Street… — Lyndon B. Johnson
What am I, Life? A thing of watery salt Held in cohesion by unresting cells, Which work they know not why, which never halt, Myself… — John Masefield
Can we do too much for the Lord? Certainly we all love Him. Therefore, I implore us, keep His commandments and become more like Him.… — F. Melvin Hammond
Tzu Li went to see Tzu Lai who was dying. Leaning against the door, he said, 'Great is the Creator! What will he make of… — Zhuangzi
...our intellectual powers are rather geared to master static relations and that our powers to visualize processes evolving in time are relatively poorly developed. For… — Edsger Dijkstra
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the… — Ephrem the Syrian
To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength. to know contentment… — Laozi
My most difficult opponent is myself. When I am playing I often involuntarily make a world champion out of a candidate master. — Lev Polugaevsky
Coach Landry was a master at maintaining discipline and creating an environment where ordinary people could achieve extra ordinary results. — Unknown Author
Every country possesses, it seems, the sort of cuisine it deserves, which is to say the sort of cuisine it is appreciative enough to want.… — Waverley Root
A combination of the qualities of the scholar, the master cook, the painter, the gastronomer, the sportsman and the pantologist, assisted by the skill of… — George Ellwanger
Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the… — John the Apostle
When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being… — Laozi

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