"Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on his road to mastery."

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Source : Eugen Herrigel (1964). “Zen”

Eugen Herrigel

#Lying Quotes #Mastery Quotes #Assuming Quotes

“I feel like everything is possible.”
“To her who gives and takes back all, to nature, the man who is instructed and modest says, Give what thou wilt; take back what thou wilt. And he says this not proudly, but obediently and well pleased with her.”
“Generativity is a system's capacity to produce unanticipated change through unfiltered contributions from broad and varied audiences.”

Source : Jonathan Zittrain (2008). “The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It”, p.70, Yale University Press
“A lot of senators are so worried about convention and how they look that they wouldn't let their hair down if they had any.”
“We think we know people. We think that what we see is all there is. We rarely ask ourselves what goes on behind the curtain. We jump to conclusions. And we take everything very personally.”

Source : Amanda Filipacchi (2015). “The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty: A Novel”, p.218, W. W. Norton & Company
“I found myself doing extraordinary things that arent in the textbooks. Then the IMF asked the U.S. to please print money. The whole world is now practicing what they have been saying I should not. I decided that God had been on my side and had come to vindicate me.”
“Posterity will surely be amazed, and I hope vastly amused, that such slipshod and unconvincing theorizing should have so easily captivated twentieth-century minds and been so widely and recklessly applied.”
“Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest.”

Source : "Song: "Built to Last"". 1989.

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