#mast

Different languages, the same thoughts; servant to thoughts and their masters. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#languages #literature #literature-quotes #masters #philosophy

I went to them without fear, child, prepared for a pitched battle, expecting the fierce Watchers, famed for their love of Earth, to defend their families. Yet they stood mute and allowed their loved ones to die. I judged them harshly in my heart for that. ↗

— Kirby Crow

#family

Never forget that, at the most, the teacher can give you fifteen percent of the art. The rest you have to get for yourself through practise and hard work. I can show you the path but I can not walk it for you. ↗

— Master Tan Soh Tin

#martial-arts #master-iain-armstrong #art

Smartass Disciple: But, you said that it's the truth?? Master of Stupidity: O Yes. That is yesterday's truth. ↗

— Toba Beta

#master-of-stupidity #perception #smart-ass-disciple #truth #life

To her core, she suddenly knew she was not prepared to die at the hands of this worm. She had a betrothal ball to attend, wedding vows to declare, and a good man to love. ↗

— Catherine LaRoche

#catherine-laroche #master-of-love #love

the easiest way to keep a woman over your shoulder is with a hand on her ass, and the other between her legs. ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#cherise-sinclair #master-of-the-mountain #bdsm

And yet we knew, for a certainty, that when first emissaries of Earth went walking among the planets, Earth's other sons would be dreaming not about such expeditions but about a piece of bread. ↗

— Stanisław Lem

#lem #planet #science #dreams

Great masters neither want nor need your worship. Your greatest gift to them and yourself is to emulate their divinity by claiming it as your own. ↗

— Alan Cohen

#divinity #emulate #gift #great #greatest

'The Christmas Song,' by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance; to me it just sounds like the holidays. I've never sung it, because Nat's version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#because #christmas #cole #gotta #holidays

To be one's own master is to be the slave of self. ↗

— Natalie Clifford Barney

#own #self #slave