Quotes About Mastery

When the ultimate perfection is attained, the body and limbs perform by themselves what is assigned to them to do with no interference from the mind. The

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

Develop the tools, refine the tools, then dissolve the tools.

If you would not spill the wine, do not fill the glass too full. If you wish your blade to hold it's edge, do not try to make it over-keen.

The difference between an expert and a novice fighter is that the expert makes use of each opportunity

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I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times.

I put the mud on the wheel, I spun it, and I could work clay. It was a miracle. I could do clay without any thought, without any doubt. I knew nothing about clay and yet the skill came out of my hands. Clay was all I had—all that I was. Clay was all that was left of me. I was an animal that made pots.

Love is not about others; love is a practice of self-mastery.

The master of any craft is first a master of self, cooperating with innate intelligence within.

Intelligence is a harder gift. For this you must work, you must practice it, challenge it, and maybe toward the end of your life you will master it. Cleverness is the shadow, whereas intelligence is the substance. -Doc

Whether it's horses or whatever it is you do, it doesn't become an art until your soul goes into what you do.

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.

Bullfighting can be an art Boxing can be an art Loving can be an art Opening a can of sardines can be an art

the only real owner of anything is its commander;

Look ye, carpenter, I dare say thou callest thyself a right good workmanlike workman, eh!

I. A Fast-Fish belongs to the party fast to it. II. A Loose-Fish is fair game for anybody who can soonest catch it. But what plays the mischief with this masterly code is the admirable brevity of it, which necessitates a vast volume of commentaries to expound it.

No fearless fool now fronts thee. I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.

But anyhow, when you take up your pen you do something devilish pleasing: there is a prospect before you. You are going to develop a germ: I don't know what it is, and I promise you I won't call it creation—but possibly a god is creating through you, and at least you are making believe at creation. Anyhow, it is a sense of mastery and of origin, and you know that when you have done, something will be added to the world, and little destroyed.

There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.

be always best in battle and pre-eminent beyond all others

Inner-judges measure our contribution to the social learning machine by two yardsticks: (1) our personal sense of mastery; and (2) the hints we get from those around us telling us whether they want us eagerly or couldn't care less if we disappeared like a blackhead from the face of decent society.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro

The idea is to show him that you were always in total control of yourself and your vehicle—while he lost control of everything.