{"quotes":[{"text":"Daily learning of your craft makes you master of your craft.","author":"Seema Brain Openers","tags":["mastery","mastery-of-oneself"],"id":11162,"author_id":"Seema+Brain+Openers"},{"text":"A step towards what you fear is a mile towards mastering it.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["brave","conquer","courage","faith","fear","fearless","gallant","greatness","inner-power","inner-strength","inner-world","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational-for-women","inspirational-motivation","master","mastery-of-oneself","mastery-of-skills","mastery","motivational-inspirational","motivational","motivational-of-the-day","motivational","motivational-for-women","overcomer","overcoming-adversity","overcoming-challenges","overcoming-fear","overcoming","perseverance","persistence","resilience","rise-above","rise","success","victory"],"id":17590,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"If we do not master ourselves, we will be a slave to ourselves.","author":"Chris Matakas","tags":["mastery","mastery-of-oneself"],"id":25716,"author_id":"Chris+Matakas"},{"text":"Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be calm and stable. Without calmness, the mirror of mindfulness will have an agitated and choppy surface and will not be able to reflect things with any accuracy.","author":"Jon Kabat-Zinn","tags":["calming","calming-the-mind","calming-the-storm-in-mind","calmness","concentrate","concentration","concentration-of-power","mastery-of-oneself","mindfulness","mindfulness-buddhism","mindfulness-practice","on-life","to-define-my-life","to-live-by","self-awareness","self-empowerment","stability"],"id":25900,"author_id":"Jon+Kabat-Zinn"},{"text":"Master thyself, seek to know thy soul.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["happiness-positive-outlook","inspirational","inspiring","mastery-of-oneself","oneself","purpose-driven-life","self-determination","self-esteem","self-improvement","self-knowledge","self-realization","soul","spiritual","thyself","your-destiny"],"id":40105,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"True freedom is in not having a master, but in making the master your slave.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["bangambiki-habyarimana","freedom","insight","insightful","insightful","intelligence","intelligent-men","intelligent-people","master","mastery-of-oneself","pearl-of-inspiration","sage-advice","sage","sage-saying","slavery","smart","the-great-pearl-of-wisdom","wisdom","wisdom-inspirational","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom-wise","wisdom-words","wise","wise-man","wise-man","wise-men","wise","wise-saying","wise-sayings","wise-thought","wise-thoughts","wise-words"],"id":51107,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"Like the body craves oxygen, the mind is desperate for certainty. It believes that without a safe foothold on reality, it will die.But the fascinating thing is that the illusion of certainty is exactly the opposite of safety because it hardens and narrows the vision to make everything fit its own scope. Then when new information arrives which would be its ally, the mind pushes it away in favor of the leaky life raft to which it clings, sinking all the while beneath the waves of change.In fact, the only antidote for this is to embrace 'I don’t know' so deeply that a powerful, dynamic safety emerges. This is like learning to surf so well that a tsunami wave shows up as a challenge to test our mastery.","author":"Jacob Nordby","tags":["certainty","illusion","mastery","mastery-of-oneself","mind","mindfulness","reality","uncertainty"],"id":66698,"author_id":"Jacob+Nordby"},{"text":"I am the master of my mind and fate.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["fate","fate-destiny","mastery-of-oneself","mind","mind-power","mindfulness"],"id":80767,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Mastery of impulse is achieved through taking pauses during life’s contrasting situations. Mastery of impulse is about developing strong willpower that can be used to redirect the flow of energy in any situation. Mastery of impulse is about responding to the world with a sense of reason and peace.","author":"Alaric Hutchinson","tags":["consciousness","growth","impulse","inner-peace","inspirational","mastery-of-oneself","positive-thinking","psychology","reaction","response","self-discipline","self-improvement","spiritual","wisdom","words","zen"],"id":93544,"author_id":"Alaric+Hutchinson"},{"text":"Power is the ability to control people or things. So, unless you learn to control your own self first, how would you be able to influence anybody else? Now, doesn’t that apply to all of us?","author":"Pulkit Patel","tags":["guidance","mastery","mastery-of-oneself","power"],"id":93834,"author_id":"Pulkit+Patel"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}