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Where everything is words, you'd think I'd have some mastery and know my way around, but all this ch...

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The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

Eventually, you will hit upon a particular field, niche, or opportunity that suits you perfectly. Yo...

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Truly creative people in all fields can temporarily suspend their ego and simply experience what the...

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We could express this power in the following way: Most of the time we live in an interior world of d...

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The problem with all students, he said, is that they inevitably stop somewhere. They hear an idea an...

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Every task you are given, no matter how menial, offers opportunities to observe this world at work. ...

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Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to...

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Eventually, you will hit upon a particular field, niche, or opportunity that suits you perfectly. Yo...

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Truly creative people in all fields can temporarily suspend their ego and simply experience what the...

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We could express this power in the following way: Most of the time we live in an interior world of d...

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The problem with all students, he said, is that they inevitably stop somewhere. They hear an idea an...

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Every task you are given, no matter how menial, offers opportunities to observe this world at work. ...

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Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to...

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Truly creative people in all fields can temporarily suspend their ego and simply experience what the...

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Eventually, you will hit upon a particular field, niche, or opportunity that suits you perfectly. Yo...

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Truly creative people in all fields can temporarily suspend their ego and simply experience what the...

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We could express this power in the following way: Most of the time we live in an interior world of d...

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The problem with all students, he said, is that they inevitably stop somewhere. They hear an idea an...

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Every task you are given, no matter how menial, offers opportunities to observe this world at work. ...

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Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to...

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Eventually, you will hit upon a particular field, niche, or opportunity that suits you perfectly. Yo...

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We could express this power in the following way: Most of the time we live in an interior world of d...

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The problem with all students, he said, is that they inevitably stop somewhere. They hear an idea an...

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Every task you are given, no matter how menial, offers opportunities to observe this world at work. ...

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Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to...

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I would not have a god come in To shield me suddenly from sin, And set my house of life to rights; N...

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Order and simplification are the first steps towards mastery of a subject

Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine time patience

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you rea...

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Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For t...

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So if you have to live amongst men, you must allow everyone the right to exist in accordance with th...

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True mastery transcends any particular art. It stems from mastery of oneself--the ability, developed...

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We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt our...

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You can only arrive at mastery by practicing the techniques you have learned, facing challenges and ...

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Eliezer YudkowskyHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

to have to combat one’s instincts—that is the formula for decadence: as long as life is ascending, h...

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Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us mastery over ourselves is destructive.

Mastery is not something that strikes in an instant, like a thunderbolt, but a gathering power that ...

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John Gardner (British writer)The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers

... Odette seemed a fascinating and desirable woman, the attraction which her body held for him had ...

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

We shouldn't let our envy of distinguished masters of the arts distract us from the wonder of how ea...

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Can anything be imagined so ridiculous, that this miserable and wretched creature [man], who is not ...

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We're not hunter-gatherers anymore. We're all living like patients in the intensive care unit of a h...

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