“Androma was good at what she did. But so was Dex. Besides, a prodigy could only outrun her master for so long.”
“Never compete with your master, because that is disrespect to him! You are your only rival, you compete with yourself, go beyond yourself!”
“Do not wait to become a master to begin; begin to become a master.”
“A master does not need her mastership. She has become more than one master, ever could possibly be.”
“Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all.”
“Is that vodka? Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up from its chair in indignation. Excuse me, your majesty, he squeaked, do you think I would give vodka to a lady? That is pure spirit!”
“Of whomsoever I had been Master (Mawla), Ali here is to be his Master. O Allah, be a supporter of whoever supports him (Ali) and an enemy of whoever opposes him.”
“While humans play God, dogs learn from their masters.”
“But if some of the pieces make you laugh, I will be happy, and if they persuade even one person to try reading Plato who otherwise wouldn t have done so then I will know I have not wasted my time.”
“A message has been understood when the word was not given.”
“Life and love have become one funny vision, when I finally have become master.”
“Help! This was my last cry. My mouth filled with water, I struggled against being drawn the abyss. Suddenly my clothes were seized by a strong hand, and I felt myself quickly drawn up to the surface of the sea; and I heard, yes, I heard these words pronounced in my ear: If master would be so good as to lean on my shoulder, master would swim with much greater ease. I seized with one hand my faithful Conseil s arm. Is it you? said I, you? Myself, answered Conseil; and waiting master s orders. That shock threw you as well as me in the sea? No; but, being in my master s service, I followed him. The worthy fellow thought that was but natural.”
“Nobody is masterless, even ronin enslaved by his sword.”
“If you dread ending up in the bunker, practice these tricky out-of-the-sand shots until you master them. Think of it as insurance—we all have learned that, once you know you can make that shot easily, you will seldom need to!”
“The adjective “Faustian” describes the insatiable striving for the unattainable, the impossible, for all knowledge and all power, for the infinite and perfect. The Faustian human will bow to no tyrant God. He will worship no God. He will never be a slave, servant or serf. He will have no lord and no master. Religious people regard Faust as having “sold his soul to the Devil”. In fact, Faust liberated his soul from the Devil (the Abrahamic God) so that he himself could become a God.”
“It is wise to master your self, but it is wiser to leave a few rogue thoughts, some few doubts, and some loose ends. It is into the wild and unfinished places that we can grow.”
“Everyone wants a master, everyone needs some version of God.”