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"When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it."
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"Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person."
"A diamond is pressure's masterpiece."
"Mastery is not dispensed on the podium of quitters, but purchased on the counter of consistent application of self-willing can do spirit and an outstanding endurance to persevere with persistent endurance till the end!"
"Why do they make things so complicated?""So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand.," he said. "Imagine if everyone went around transforming lead into gold. Gold would lose its value.""It's those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work."
"True mastery, it turns out, is not found in accumulating each and every tool under the sun. True mastery is learning that there are really only a handful of tools, and it is the proper application with correct timing and setting that makes them so useful."
"In my own life, I have always viewed personal mastery as simply a medium through which I become capable of providing more service toward my fellow man."
"Mastery lies on an infinite continuum, and as a result we will never reach the end. We can, however, see to it that we are as far along that continuum as our circumstance allows."
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"The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: 'What do you think I am, stupid, or something?"
"The great poet Hafiz says that you should dye your prayer-carpet with wine if your teacher tells you to do so."
"People who have fallacious objectives are like the barren soil. The flowers grow from soil which is composed of the right objectives."
"To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon."
"Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions."
"From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying:'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment."
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