Masters of Sex is the degree I got from Boston College.
We make the commitment to stop for a moment and look at what the mind is doing, what mind state we are dwelling in. We don't judge it, we just know it. Gradually we'll become more and more accustomed to being conscious of what we're thinking and our various positive and negative states. We'll become more and more the masters of our mind, rather than the slaves.
The master of your body did not run off and leave you masterless.
He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.
Because of social media, we have access to amazing spiritual teachers. You can watch the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Eckhart Tolle or any number of other masters. Their teachings are available and we must celebrate that.
It is hard to fight against anger: to master it is the mark of a rational man.
He is great enough that is his own master.
This means that they are bound by law and custom to plough the fields of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow the grain; they must also mow and carry home the hay, cut and collect wood, and perform all manner of tasks of this kind.
Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?
You can't do a fine thing without having seen fine examples.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it.
Christopher discovered that you dealt with obnoxious masters and most older boys the way you dealt with governesses: you quite politely told them the truth in the way they wanted to hear it, so that they thought they had won and left you in peace.
Love is a tempestuous mistress. And none of us shall ever master her.
Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.
If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.
The animals were happy as they had never conceived it possible to be. Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now that it was truly their own food, produced by themselves and for themselves, not doled out to them by a grudging master.
With practice, you will master your own dreams.
We have little control over the outer weather patterns as we make our way through the landscape of a life. But we can become masters of the inner landscape. We can use what happens on the outside to change the way we function on the inside.
Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Bruce Lee are my masters; they're the inspiration for my work. Bruce Lee was a heavy fighter who threw hard punches. Jackie moves very fast and uses a lot of comedy, and Jet Li is very fluid. I've tried to combine all of their styles and added some things of my own.
A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between work and play.