"Only one who devotes himself to a..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
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“We must not conceal from ourselves that no improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without a severe struggle; for the handful of those who are really determined to do something is minute in comparison with the mass of the lukewarm and the misguided. And those who have an interest in keeping the machinery of war going are a very powerful body; they will stop at nothing to make public opinion subservient to their murderous ends.”
“Only world law can assure progress towards a civilized peaceful community.”
“Genius is making complex ideas simple, not making simple ideas complex”
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“Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.”
“To blow is not to play on the flute; you must move the fingers.[Ger., Blasen ist nicht floten, ihr musst die Finger bewegen.]”
“Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive.”
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“You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.”
“Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don't go only on the basis of if they are injured.”
“To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.”