“The living model never answers well the idea or impressions the painter wishes to express; one must, therefore, learn to do without one, and for that, you must acquire facility, furnish one's memory to the point of infinitude, and make numerous drawings after the old masters.” WellsIdeasWishMemoriesAnswersMastersModelsDrawingImpressionPainterAcquireFacility Author:Eugene Delacroix
“Golf is deceptively simple, endlessly complicated. A child can play it well and a grown man can never master it. It is almost a science, yet it is a puzzle with no answer.” MenWellsChildrenPlaySimpleAnswersMastersGolfComplicatedPuzzlesGrown Man Author:Arnold Palmer
“Man liveth from hour to hour, and knoweth not what may happen; Influences circle him on all sides, and yet must he answer for his actions: For the being that is master of himself, bendeth events to his will, But a slave to selfish passions is the wavering creature of circumstance.” MenMayHappensActionPassionSidesHoursAnswersInfluenceEventsMastersCircumstancesCreaturesSlaveSelfishCirclesWillpowerWavering Book:Tupper's Poetical Works: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hactenus Source: Tupper's Poetical Works: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hactenus
“Zen is to religion what a Japanese "rock garden" is to a garden. Zen knows no god, no afterlife, no good and no evil, as the rock-garden knows no flowers, herbs or shrubs. It has no doctrine or holy writ: its teaching is transmitted mainly in the form of parables as ambiguous as the pebbles in the rock-garden which symbolise now a mountain, now a fleeting tiger. When a disciple asks "What is Zen?", the master's traditional answer is "Three pounds of flax" or "A decaying noodle" or "A toilet stick" or a whack on the pupil's head.” KnowsFormThreeEvilAsksAnswersTeachingRocksFlowerMastersHolyMountainGardenSticksDoctrineTraditionalPoundsAfterlifeDiscipleTigersFleetingToiletsHerbsPupilsAmbiguousPebblesParablesNoodlesShrubsFlax Author:Arthur Koestler
“Tell me," said the atheist , "Is there a God really?" Said the master, "If you want me to be perfectly honest with you, I will not answer." Later the disciples demanded to know why he had not answered. "Because the question is unanswerable," said the Master. "So you are an atheist?" "Certainly not. The atheist makes the mistake of denying that of which nothing may be said... and the theist makes the mistake of affirming it.” IfsKnowsWantMaySaidAnswersMistakeHonestMastersAtheistWant MeDiscipleYou Want MeAffirmingTheistIf You Want Me Author:Anthony de Mello
“The way of Zen is to become independent and strong. Don't rely on others for perceptions of life and truth. Do it individually. Go to a teacher of Zen to learn how to do that, not to get answers for individual life situations.” WayIndividualStrongAnswersSituationTeacherMastersPerceptionIndependentRelyIndividual LifeZen MasterPerception Of Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“The only thing I believe is individual responsibility doesn't mean the government is the answer to ever fear and every problem every individual has. We are the masters of our own destiny.” BelieveMeanProblemGovernmentIndividualI BelieveAnswersResponsibilityDestinyMastersIndividual Responsibility Author:Sean Hannity
“What is Tantric Zen? Well, I don't think I can give you a straight answer, since I don't happen to be a very straight Zen master.” ThinkingGivingWellsI CanHappensAnswersMastersBuddhismZen Master Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is time to provide a smashing answer for those cynical men who say that a democracy cannot be honest, cannot be efficient.... We have in the darkest moments of our national trials retained our faith in our own ability to master our own destiny.” MenMomentsAbilityAnswersDestinyDemocracyHonestMastersTrialsReformBeing HonestReliefCynicalEfficientSmashing Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Principles are concepts that can be applied over and over again in similar circumstances as distinct from narrow answers to specific questions. Every game has principles that successful players master to achieve winning results. So does life. Principles are ways of successfully dealing with the laws of nature or the laws of life. Those who understand more of them and understand them well know how to interact with the world more effectively than those who know fewer of them or know them less well.” KnowsWorldWayLifeWellsDoeLawGamesWinningGrowthAnswersResultsPrinciplesKnow HowSuccessfulPlayerAchieveMastersCircumstancesConceptsPersonal GrowthInvestingFewerLaws Of NatureLaws Of Life Author:Ray Dalio
“[Golf]is deceptively simple, endlessly complicated. A child can play it well, and a grown man can never master it. Any single round of it is full of unexpected triumphs and perfect shots that end in disaster. It is almost a science, yet it is a puzzle without an answer. It is gratifying and tantalizing, precise and unpredictable. It requires complete concentration and total relaxation. It satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time, rewarding and maddening. And it is without doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.” MenWellsChildrenSoulEndsPlayGamesSimpleAnswersPerfectDoubtMankindMastersShotsGolfRoundsComplicatedIntellectDisasterTriumphUnexpectedConcentrationPreciseUnpredictablePuzzlesRelaxationGrown ManTantalizing Author:Arnold Palmer
“No talent in management is worth more than the ability to master facts-not just any facts, but the ones that provide the best answers.” FactsAbilityAnswersTalentMastersManagement Author:Robert Heller
“Our good nature and endearing qualities will not arouse the answers to our prayers. Rather it is our mischievous, dishonest attributes that provide the master keys to heaven. When we identify and work to transform our self-centered qualities and crooked characteristics, the key turns and the gates unlock. Blessings and good fortune are now free to rain down upon us.” SelfTurnsHeavenPrayerAnswersQualityMastersKeysBlessingRainFortuneCharacteristicsGatesAttributesGood FortuneOur PrayersSelf CenteredCrookedMischievousGood NatureEndearing Author:Yehuda Berg
“How well I remember the aged poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, "How does love suit with age, Sophocles - are you still the man you were?" he replied, "Peace, most gladly have I escaped the thing of which you speak; I feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious master."” IfsMenFeelsWellsDoeStillsAgeRememberSpeakAnswersHe ManPoetMastersMadSuitsFurious Author:Plato