Education has a tremendous power on man. Can't we see to which astonishing disciple the people of Sparte have submitted ("s'est plié", Fr. ) for centuries, and this with a view to very petty purposes: purely outer greatness, the military predominace of Sparte. This example proves that man can everything on themselves when they want it ("peuvent tout sur eux-mêmes quand ils le veulent", Fr. ); therefore it would only be a question of making them will the good.
It's hard to swallow when people say, "Oh my God, you're a master of something. " I say, "No, I'm actually a student of that. I could turn you on to websites for 25 masters, and you'll quickly see that I am their disciple. "
A disciple is an asshole looking for a human being to attach itself to.
Why only twelve disciples? Go out and get thousands.
You are only a disciple because your eyes are closed. The day you open them you will see there is nothing you can learn from me or anyone.
The spiritual master can instruct the disciple though many different formats.
I don't believe in morality. I'm a disciple of Bernard Shaw.
A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and the gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.
You become a disciple in the biblical sense only when you are totally and completely committed to Jesus Christ and His Word.
If we are not one, we are not in the true sense of the word the disciples of the Lord Jesus.
It must be noted that it is often the colleague or direct disciple of a new thinker who gets stuck in literal interpretations of the work, tending to freeze the new ideas and language into an inflexible, static condition.
The principle of Creative Limitations calls for freedom within a circle of obstacles and restricted boundaries. Talent is like a muscle: without something to push against, it atrophies. So we deliberately put obstacles in our path - barriers that will inspire us. We disciple ourselves as to what to do, while we're boundless as to how to do it.
The stillness of prayer is the most essential condition for fruitful action. Before all else, the disciple kneels down.
The disciple is not hankering for knowledge; he wants to see, not to know. He wants to be. He is no longer interested in having more knowledge; he wants to have more being.
A man must be himself convinced if he is to convince others. The prophet must be his own disciple, or he will make none. Enthusiasm is contagious: belief creates belief.
Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.
I'm out to take the Bible, create disciples who make disciples, disciple cycles.
I am God and my lawyers are my 12 disciples. . . do not f**k with me!
Jesus & his apostles & disciples were all artists
A Master who cannot bow to a disciple cannot bow to Buddha.