“But until we all realise that power – be it that of gods, of kings or of masters – only exists in our minds, dear Venerable, do not tell me to dispense with the concept of freedom.”
“The greatest teacher, failure is. We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters.”
“A master without students is like a tree with rotting fruits on its branches; on the other hand, a student without a master is like a tree that dries because it is not watered!”
“কেউ অনার্স বা মাস্টার্সে ৩.২৪ পেয়েও বি+ [৩.২৫] পায় না। কেউ ৩ পেলে বি, আর কেউ ৩.২৪ পেলেও বি। তাহলে ৩-এর পর .২৪ এর কি কোনও মূল্য থাকে?”
“In Hon s or Master s, some don t get B+ [3.25] even after obtaining 3.24. If 3 and 3.24 = B, then does .24 have any value after 3?”
“The great Masters are great Mentors”
“_They_ believe that the Ballot will rob them of their Power and Privileges, whereas _I_ am sure that, by the exercise of even such little Prudence and Cunning as parsimonious Nature has endowed them with, they can with ease maintain themselves in their present pre-eminence. This being so, let the Rabble amuse itself by voting. An Election is no more than a gratuitous Punch and Judy Show, offered by the Rulers in order to distract the attention of the Ruled.”
“All that the people ever get out of a revolution is a change of masters.”
“The movements of the stars have become clearer; but to the mass of the people the movements of their masters are still incalculable. [Scene fourteen. Translation by Desmond Vesey, 1960. ‘The present version is a translation of the complete text of the latest German edition, not a stage adaptation.’]”
“Apprentices work furiously to learn the rules; journeymen proudly perfect the rules; but masters forget the rules.”
“David accepted the consequences of all his shortcomings. He accepted them. He became a man after God’s heart. Not because he stopped sinning - what we call sin is an error in judgment. God never punishes you for your errors - you create consequences for your actions. Error is what you call it and not what it is.”
“The great thing about remote or dead masters is that they can t refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work.”
“We are not slaves of the past, nor servants of the present, but masters of the future.”
“He disregarded everything, he gave everything to art. He tirelessly visited galleries, spent whole hours standing before the works of great masters, grasped and pursued a wondrous brush. He never finished anything without testing himself several times by these great teachers and reading wordless but eloquent advice for himself in their paintings.”
“{Recalling Professor Ira Remsen s remarks (1895) to a group of his graduate students about to go out with their degrees into the world beyond the university:} He talked to us for an hour on what was ahead of us; cautioned us against giving up the desire to push ahead by continued study and work. He warned us against allowing our present accomplishments to be the high spot in our lives. He urged us not to wait for a brilliant idea before beginning independent research, and emphasized the fact the Lavoisier s first contribution to chemistry was the analysis of a sample of gypsum. He told us that the fields in which the great masters had worked were still fruitful; the ground had only been scratched and the gleaner could be sure of ample reward.”
“The masters and overseers were so good at employee development, in their absence, the employees still achieved the company s mission”
“And what does it amount to? said Satan, with his evil chuckle. Nothing at all. You gain nothing; you always come out where you went in. For a million years the race has gone on monotonously propagating itself and monotonously reperforming this dull nonsense--to what end? No wisdom can guess! Who gets a profit out of it? Nobody but a parcel of usurping little monarchs and nobilities who despise you; would feel defiled if you touched them; would shut the door in your face if you proposed to call; whom you slave for, fight for, die for, and are not ashamed of it, but proud; whose existence is a perpetual insult to you and you are afraid to resent it; who are mendicants supported by your alms, yet assume toward you the airs of benefactor toward beggar; who address you in the language of master to slave, and are answered in the language of slave to master; who are worshiped by you with your mouth, while in your heart--if you have one--you despise yourselves for it. The first man was a hypocrite and a coward, qualities which have not yet failed in his line; it is the foundation upon which all civilizations have been built.”