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“Only the strongest players can swim in the shark-infested waters of the Masters' Seas.”

Water Player Sea Masters Swim Strongest Sharks

Book:The Education of a Speculator

Source: The Education of a Speculator

“What, concretely, is Enlightenment ?" "Seeing Reality as it is," said the Master. "Doesn't everyone see Reality as it is?" "Oh, no! Most people see it as they think it is." "What's the difference?" "The difference between thinking you are drowning in a stormy sea and knowing you cannot drown because there isn't any water in sight for miles around.”

People Thinking Said Reality Water Differences Knowing Seeing Sea Masters Enlightenment Sight Miles Drowning Stormy Stormy Seas

Author:Anthony de Mello

“Fish sense, applied in the field, is what the old Zen masters would call enlightenment: simply the ability to see what's right there in front of you without having to sift through a lot of thoughts and theories and, yes, expensive fishing tackle.”

Ability Sea Fronts Fields Masters Theory Enlightenment Rivers Fishes Boat Expensive Lakes Fishing Ability To See Zen Master

Book:Trout Bum

Source: Trout Bum

“In the first seat, in robe of various dyes, A noble wildness flashing from his eyes, Sat Shakespeare: in one hand a wand he bore, For mighty wonders fam'd in days of yore: The other held a globe, which to his will Obedient turn'd, and own'd the master's skill: Things of the noblest kind his genius drew, And look'd through nature at a single view: A loose he gave to his unbounded soul, And taught new lands to rise, new seas to roll; Call'd into being scenes unknown before, And passing nature's bounds, was something more.”

Firsts Looks Kind Soul Hands Eye Turns Views Wonder Sea Land Taught Masters Genius Scene Skills Bounds Various Noble Passing Passings Sat His Eyes Seats Bores Globes Obedient Robes Wildness Wands

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“Go strip off your clothes that are a nuisance in this mellow clime. Get in and wrestle with the sea; wing your heels with the skill and power that reside in you, hit the sea's breakers, master them, and ride upon their backs as a king should.”

Should Sea Masters Kings Skills Clothes Wings Heels Surfing Nuisance Mellow

Author:Jack London

“Countless are, as the sand in the sea, the deep desires of men, and none resembles the other, and all of them, whether shameful, or great, in the beginning are obedient, but later become terrible masters over him.”

Men Desire Sea Masters Terrible Sand Shameful Obedient Deep Desire

Author:Nikolai Gogol

“Countless as the sands of sea are human passions, and not all of them are alike, and all of them, base and noble alike, are at first obedient to man and only later on become his terrible masters.”

Men Firsts Humans Passion Sea Masters Terrible Noble Sand Obedient

Author:Nikolai Gogol