Quotes by Mastery When doing what we most love transforms us into the best possible version of ourselves and that version hints at even greater future possibilities, the urge to explore those possibilities becomes feverish compulsion. Intrinsic motivation goes through the roof. Thus flow becomes an alternative path to mastery, sans the misery. Steven Kotler masteryalternativesmotivation I'll not deny I am impressed by your mastery of six warrens, Quick Ben. In retrospect, you should have held back on at least half of what you command." The man made to rise. "But, Bauchelain," the wizard replied, "I did. Steven Erikson masteryshould-havemen We are all lone souls. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms. And, indeed, we seem a species prone to that delusion, again and ever again." ~Fiddler, pg. 558 Steven Erikson masteryhumilitysoul Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. Steven Pressfield masterylong-agoself Mastery is a product of consistently going beyond our limits. Stewart Emery masteryproductslimits It is the peculiar nature of the forest, that life and death may ever be found within its bounds, in immediate presence of each other; both with ceaseless, noiseless advances, aiming at the mastery; and if the influences of the first be most general, those of the last are the most striking. Susan Fenimore Cooper masterylife-and-deathpeculiar There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to. Susan Orlean masterysoundwriting Mastery of yoga is really measured by how it influences our day-to-day living, how it enhances our relationships, how it promotes clarity and peace of mind. T. K. V. Desikachar masteryyogamind Education is not filling the mind with a lot of facts. Perfecting the instrument and getting complete mastery of my own mind [is the ideal of education]. Swami Vivekananda masterymindfacts There is no escape from metre; there is only mastery. T. S. Eliot mastery We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment. Tariq Ramadan masteryfastinggiving Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted Tariq Ramadan masterycrucibleself Unless the man is master of his soul all other kinds of mastery amount to little. Theodore Roosevelt masterysoulmen The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery Thorstein Veblen masterydogplay There is no wisdom without mastery over the mystery of our internal world, the world that opens the door to understanding others. Tian Dayton masteryunderstandingdoors Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse. Tom Peters masterysweatable Contrary to popular wisdom, knowledge is not power-it's potential power. Knowledge is not mastery. Execution is mastery. Execution will trump knowledge every day of the week. Tony Robbins executionmasteryinspirational Mastery is an elusive concept. You never know when you achieve it absolutely and it may not help you to feel you've attained it. We can recognize it more readily in others than we can in ourselves. We have to discover our own definition of it. Twyla Tharp masterydefinitionsmay Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine time patience Ursula K. Le Guin time-patiencemasterynine Biotech and geo engineering have the same mindset, of engineering, of power, of control, of mastery of nature. Vandana Shiva engineeringmasterymindset«1234567891011»
