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“The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but does not make him "better.".”

Men Doe Desire Effects Increase Punishment Beast Broads Mastery Cunning Sharpening

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche

“For there is one thing I can safely say: that those bound by love must obey each other if they are to keep company long. Love will not be constrained by mastery; when mastery comes, the God of love at once beats his wings, and farewell he is gone. Love is a thing as free as any spirit; women naturally desire liberty, and not to be constrained like slaves; and so do men, if I shall tell the truth.”

Ifs Men Love Long I Can Spirit Desire Love Is Company Liberty Gone One Thing Beats Wings Slave Bounds Telling The Truth Inspirational Love Mastery Farewell One Love Long Love Gone Love

Book:The Canterbury tales

Source: The Canterbury tales

“The idea of duty, that recognition of something to be lived for beyond the mere satisfaction of self, is to the moral life what the addition of a great central ganglion is to animal life. No man can begin to mould himself on a faith or an idea without rising to a higher order of experience: a principle of subordination, of self-mastery, has been introduced into his nature; he is no longer a mere bundle of impressions, desires, and impulses.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)

“The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is to be rejected, all these man owes to his form.”

Men Ideas Form Desire Passion Chosen Distinction Mastery Rejected Formation Knowledge Of God

Book:The Guide for the Perplexed

Source: The Guide for the Perplexed

“Intellectual curiosity about one's own illness is certainly born of a desire for mastery. If I couldn't cure myself, perhaps I could at least begin to understand myself.”

Ifs Desire Born Intellectual Curiosity Illness Cures Mastery Intellectual Curiosity

Book:The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves

Source: The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves

“That myth--that image of the madonna-mother--has disabled us from knowing that, just as men are more than fathers, women are morethan mothers. It has kept us from hearing their voices when they try to tell us their aspirations . . . kept us from believing that they share with men the desire for achievement, mastery, competence--the desire to do something for themselves.”

Men Trying Believe Mother Desire Father Voice Knowing Share Achievement Hearing Myth Aspiration Mastery Competence Disabled

Author:Lillian B. Rubin

“Mastery is not a function of I.Q. or natural talent or wealthy parents who can send you to the best school, but rather the result of going through a learning process, fueled by the desire to grow and the persistence to push past any obstacles.”

School Past Desire Grows Process Parent Natural Results Talent Function Obstacles Persistence Wealthy Mastery Learning Process Natural Talent Best School

Author:Robert Greene

“Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.”

Desire Natural Luck Following Mastery Inclination Genetics Deep Desire

Book:Mastery

Source: Mastery