#mast

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself. ↗

— James Allen

#coerce #command #guidance #him #himself

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#common #destiny #ever #face #friends

Let the master praise him, and say, "Here ye do well." For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. ↗

— Roger Ascham

#encourage #good #here #him #i

I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#artist #clock #going #i #master

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#atmosphere #awe #being #himself #schoolmaster

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#decided #depth #itself #masters #quality

It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use. ↗

— Sam Abell

#how #little #masters #matters #much

There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#destiny #epic #experience #general #human

God who is eternally complete, who directs the stars, who is the master of fates, who elevates man from his lowliness to Himself, who speaks from the cosmos to every single human soul, is the most brilliant manifestation of the goal of perfection. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#complete #cosmos #directs #elevates #eternally

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its master. ↗

— Freda Adler

#been #law #man #master #mistress