Quotes About Mastery

I've worked with the same Prophet 5 Synthesizer by Sequential Circuit synthesiser for 40 years.

Whatever controls us is our lord. The person who seeks power is controlled by power. The person who seeks acceptance is controlled by acceptance. We do not control ourselves. We are controlled by the lord of our lives.

Just do what you do best.

Thus talent sometimes wishes to correct genius, as if the eaglet wished to teach the eagle to fly.

A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

Practise what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

I maintain that passion and desire are never authentic in the Heideggerean sense. They do not emerge from the depths of our being; we always borrow them from others. Far from seeing conflict as a sign of mastery, as Heidegger does, we must see it as exactly the opposite, a confirmation of the mimetic nature of our desires.

I don't know much about sports.

At a recognizable point in the research process, looking at more sources does not provide more insight. When we have consulted enough material to identify patterns and developments, then … we have the mastery necessary to offer an interpretation of the past

A world-class violinist was once asked how she came to master her instrument. "Planned neglect," she responded. When she began violin, she explained, other necessary work came before practicing violin. It wasn't until she decided to neglect everything else each day until after violin practice that she started becoming a virtuoso.

Freedom comes not from the absence of restraint but from the presence of discipline.

Most sports require you to master the movements of only your own body to be successful. The combat grappling arts, such as jujitsu, require you to become the master not only of your own movement but also that of your opponent—a far more difficult and complex task.

A builder is like a little god - somebody who does things, doesn't just draw things.

You can master your fears. But first you have to know them.

If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill - take it and push it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before, push it to the wildest edges of edges, then you force it into the realm of magic.

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

I always say, when the voice and the vision on the inside become more profound, clear, and loud than the opinions on the outside, you've mastered your life!

DR. JOHN DEMARTINI I always say, when the voice and the vision on the inside become more profound, clear, and loud than the opinions on the outside, you've mastered your life!

I do not bind power, nor do I loose it.

Sift through my insanity and revel in my greatness

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.