“The student asked: Master, how will I know if I am enlightened? The master replied: Put out the candle in your hand, if you can still see the surroundings, you are enlightened! The student asked: But master, I asked a serious question! The master answered: Then I will give a serious answer: If you have a question and you are not looking for the answer in others, then you are enlightened!”
“The student asked: Master, what should I do when I enter a calm and quiet street? The master answered: Do not do what you are doing now, keep your mouth shut and your mind open!”
“True nobility is to exercise power as a servant to all and master of none.”
“The master builder is the Mighty One.”
“The Messiah is our Master.”
“Say what needs to be done, and who is best able to do it. Never tell someone what to do.”
“I think, my boy, it’s not time that is limited either. If one wants to evolve to the next level, one has plenty of time. So, lack of time or indulgence isn’t the true obstacle,” Master said once. “Then what is the true obstacle?” asked Ruem. “Ego.” “Ego? You mean the idea of self?” Yuan asked. “No, not those complex ideas of self or I, rather the pure ego. The ego that tells you, you’ve evolved enough; that you’re the most superior creation already. My boy, you never think of evolving to the next level because you believe you’ve reached it. You believe you’re in the final level of cognitive evolution already. But you are not. There’s always another level.”
“Nobody can return to you something that was never yours, to begin with. Let’s trace back to the history of your race: the humans were made for slavery and were found faulty for that purpose. They showed immense energy and willpower only when confronted against tremendous obstacles with no weapons in their hands. With those bare hands, and the wits that exceeded even those of their creators and equalled the ones of mighty gods, they could break mountains. Once the humans earned at least a bit of benevolence from their creators, though, they’d immediately turn into lazy drunkards feasting upon the luxuries of life. They were quite haughty creatures, at that – one could never make them work without posing a certain purpose before their eyes. They should be given an aim they approved of, or else, they’d move no finger! Yet, if such necessities were met, they’d begin to loaf around. Forbidding them to taste those luxuries? Nay, they obeyed not! Hence, their creators cast them down on Earth – a planet inhabited by many other faulty experiments of different alien species, so that their lives would end. Yet even here, the humans defied their creators – instead of dying out, they adapted to the environment they were cast in, due to their boundless wits and the unexplainable willpower that no other species could ever possess. They mated the local species whom they could more or less find a common language with, killed off the obstacles, and conquered the planet as their own. The conquering ambitions of their creators, the boundless wisdom of their gods, and the primal instincts of Earthly nature – all of it meddled in these extraordinary creatures. They were full of instability, unpredictability, wild dreams, and rotten primitivism. Which side they would develop, depended entirely upon their choice. Aye, they had proven faulty to their creators, yet had attained the perfect treasure they required – the freedom. Could they make use of it? – Nay, certainly not… at least not many of them. There are certain individuals among the human race, who are able to well balance their mixed-up nature and grow into worthy people that merit our godly benevolence. However, most of them are quite an interesting bunch whom an ambitious man like me can make good use of. I am half-human with godly and angelic descendance, so I guess, I am worthy to be their sole ruler, their only saviour, their treasured shepherd… The shepherds too make use of their sheep – they guide them, then to consume some of them for wool and meat. Shepherds do not help the sheep for granted – they use their potential to its fullest. I shall be the same kind of a god – I shall help these magnificent creatures to achieve the wildest of their dreams but will use their powers for my own benefit. These poor creatures cannot define their potential alone, they cannot decide what’s the best and the fittest for them! I can achieve that. Free human souls? – Nay, they need no freedom. What they need, is to serve the rightful master, and that rightful master I shall be.”
“Collar or no, we all have our masters.” One day, that would be different for Matthew. One day, others would kneel before him.”
“If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you?”
“Knowing the TRUTH and Understanding the TRUTH Have set me free of all Burdens, THANK YOU MASTER”
“Light and darkness are in one carpet. One need to understand the reason for that duality in order to master his existence.”
“You know that if you want to become a master, you have to spend hours every day working on the same movements.”
“The master is a beginner that never gave up.”
“The great Raphael Perez he give life a meaning ! ... He is master, his smile is brush and his story is canvas ...”
“Master the dog, and in so doing you shall master yourself.”
“What difference does it make whether you slay him or Horus slays him? He will be just as dead either way. Wakim pauses, apparently considering the matter, as if for the first time. This thing is my mission, not his. he says at length. He will be just as dead, either way, Vramin repeats. But not by my hand. True. But I fail to see the distinction. So do I, for that matter. But it is I who have been charged with the task. Perhaps Horus has also. But not by my master. Why should you have a master, Wakim? Why are you not your own man? Wakim rubs his forehead. I—do not—really know…. But I must do as I am told.”