#mast

Jonathan's voice was quiet now. "Thank you for sharing this evening with me. In yoga, we say 'Namaste,' which means 'I bow to the divine in you.'" He bowed his dork-knobbed head and said, "Namaste." We bowed back and mumbled, "Namaste." On my tongue, the new word felt as though it contained its own foreign spice. ↗

— Claire Dederer

#yoga #life

The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#been #change #destroying #emotions #give

The effect of studying masterpieces is to make me admire and do otherwise. ↗

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

#effect #make #masterpieces #me #otherwise

Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means. ↗

— Anthony Eden

#freedom #freedom means #his #man #master

I would not have a god come in To shield me suddenly from sin, And set my house of life to rights; Nor angels with bright burning wings Ordering my earthly thoughts and things; Rather my own frail guttering lights Wind blown and nearly beaten out; Rather the terror of the nights And long, sick groping after doubt; Rather be lost than let my soul Slip vaguely from my own control -- Of my own spirit let me be In sole though feeble mastery. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#mastery #soul #life

You must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work … You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That’s the secret of success. ↗

— Chef Jiro

#mastery-of-skills #success #life

I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying. ↗

— James Galway

#flute #get #get a real #having #i

The Western stereotype of Africa and its black citizens as devoid of reason and, therefore, subhuman was often shared by white master and black ex-slave alike. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#alike #black #citizens #devoid #master

In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters. ↗

— Paul Gauguin

#art #done #epithet #masters #merited

Yes! That's what all our talk about a decent world has been... just so much bullshit." "We did say it was still only a dream." "And a bloody useless one at that. Life's a fuck-up and it's never going to change. ↗

— Athol Fugard

#dreams #hally #life #life-lessons #life-sucks