If a man loses his lord’s trust then he has lost everything.
The true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death. He accepts that he must die, and understands that there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying.
You either master money, or, on some level, money masters you.
What is a master? I would say that he is not someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to do his best to discover a knowledge he already has in his soul.[O que é um mestre? Poiseu lhe respondo: não é aquele que ensina algo, mas aquele que inspira o aluno adar o melhor de si para descobrir um conhecimento que ele já tem em sua alma.]
What do we look for in a lord? Strength, generosity, hardness, and success, and why should a man not be proud of those things?
We call ourselves a dog’s “master” — but who ever dared call himself the “master” of a cat? We own a dog — he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But we entertain a cat — he adorns our hearth as a guest, fellow-lodger, and equal because he wishes to be there.
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.
The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion twenty years later.
The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
Our masters, whoever they are, are happy to see our discord, because as long as they divide us, they will remain our masters.[Unsre Herrn, wer sie auch seien, sehen unsre Zwietracht gern, denn solang sie uns entzweien, bleiben sie doch unsre Herrn.]
Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject — the actual enemy is the unknown.
