Master Quotes
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The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.
Aristotle -
The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.
Confucius
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky.
Lao Tzu -
A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
A. J. P. Taylor -
Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.
Lao Tzu -
Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master.
Gautama Buddha -
The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master.
Ben Hur Lampman
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On the path of Love we are neither masters nor the owners of our lives. We are only a brush in the hand of the Master Painter.
Rumi -
You are your own master, you make your own future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred.
Gautama Buddha -
The 'army camp' that coordinates the agencies of our brain is vulnerable, both in itself and from within. In effect, he who can know and master its functioning and psychology from outside can become twice its master.
Tariq Ramadan -
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.
Aristotle -
I had written my master's thesis on Ezra Pound on 'The Cantos.' And don't ask me about it. I don't remember anything about it.
Sally Mann -
There must be in prudence also some master virtue.
Aristotle
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We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.
Tariq Ramadan -
To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
Natalie Clifford Barney -
There's something in us that lives just beyond our normality - and I think we've all got a song in us. If only we could master that tiny muscle and make it sound listenable.
Tamsin Greig -
The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'
Confucius -
One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them.
D. H. Lawrence -
Trump is a master obfuscator. Like an octopus escaping a predator, he releases a cloud of ink when called to the carpet on one of his many lies. His strategy? Obfuscate, then reference others. 'Millions agree,' 'everyone knows,' 'many have done it.'
Pamela Meyer
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A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.
Victor Hugo -
The master's irresponsible power has no such bound.
Fanny Kemble -
Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.
Hannah Arendt -
I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons!
Warren Spector