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"So you have to be your own teacher and your own disciple, and there is no teacher outside, no saviour, no master; you yourself have to change, and therefore you have to learn to observe, to know yourself. This learning about yourself is a fascinating and joyous business."
"He who pretends to be either painter or engraver without being a master of drawing is an imposter."
"I have only one counsel for you - be master."
"I will have here but one mistress and no master."
"If you don't master money, it's going to master you."
"You are not your emotions,you have emotions,and you can master them."
"The federal government is our servant, not our master."
"I make it a rule of Christian duty never to go to a place where there is not room for my Master as well as myself."
"The real Zen of the old Chinese masters was wu-shih, or "no fuss.""
"It takes ten thousand hours to truly master anything. Time spent leads to experience; experience leads to proficiency; and the more proficient you are the more valuable you'll be."
"Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest."
"Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best."
"Addiction is not something we can simply take care of by applying the proper remedy. For it is in the very nature of addiction to feed on our attempts to master it."
"To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master And cried, 'All hail!' when as he meant all harm."
"Government is at best a petulant servant and at worst a tyrannical master."
"Every one must understand that, whatever be the evil of slavery, it is not increased by its diffusion. Every one familiar with it knows that it is in proportion to its sparseness that it becomes less objectionable. Wherever there is an immediate connexion between the master and slave, whatever there is of harshness in the system is diminished."
"Turkey's true master is the peasant."
"Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur."
"There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master."
"Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you."
