#master

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#be happy #forever #good #great #happiness

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#appetite #color #does #firmness #itself

With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view that the struggle for existence is a permanent and necessary condition of life. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#condition #existence #life #mastery #nature

The only thing they really get to pick is the single. But I get to pick the producer, the songs on the record, the final masters, the artwork. Basically, I hand them a record. ↗

— Regina Spektor

#basically #final #get #hand #i

When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little. ↗

— Stephen Spender

#comprehending #formal #little #master #meanings

I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun. ↗

— James Stewart

#architect #architecture #back #because #college

I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me. ↗

— David Ogden Stiers

#forthcoming #i #master #me #never

The notion that every well educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences is a far cry from the specialized education that most students today receive, particularly in the research universities. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#basic elements #cry #educated #education #elements

We are servants rather than masters in mathematics. ↗

— Charles Hermite

#mathematics #rather #servants #than

You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#forward #keep #keep moving #keep moving forward #master