“My poetic aspirationIs to become,A Jack of all stylesAnd a master of pun.”
“Jack of all trades, master of none”
“To resolve conflicts, excessive ambitions and one's own fears and aspirationis must be sacrificed.”
“...occasionally I like carrying raw steel to remind myself of an important lesson.The blade's an extension of the hand, the agent--no pun intended--of my will. Most people understand this immediately of edged weapons...The trick--and few are subtle or sophisticated enough to master it--is to see that this is equally true... by implication, of all machines.”
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”
“The Servant who really studies his Master gradually becomes like his master; gradually learns that he himself is the one who in the end does all the work and has all the power.”