Student: I need a vice.
Master: You need a grip!
Category: Of Grasshoppers
Philosophical discussions between “student” and “master” intended to inspire deep thought.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Hard day ahead.
Master: Good night ahead.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: It is hard to think a little alcohol wouldn’t make it all better.
Master: A little alcohol would make it hard to think better at all.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I’d like to be something more than I am.
Master: I’d like to be less.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: The odds are impossible!
Master: Do the odds improve if you quit?
Of Grasshoppers
Student: There are limits.
Master: There are priorities.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: What a good life it was!
Master: And so much more to come!
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I should have stayed up all night.
Master: You should stay focused.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Life is not nearly as complicated as I was led to believe.
Master: Life is not nearly as complicated as you have made it.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Why do I do this?
Master: Why does a leaf, having fallen in the river, float downstream?
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Should I bark at the children or use Socratic methods?
Master: Do you want immediate or long lasting results?
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I am troubled by things I can do nothing about.
Master: You could stop thinking about them.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Life has no meaning.
Master: Can you simply enjoy it now?
Of Grasshoppers
Student:I am ready to be a hermit.
Master:
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I have made mistakes.
Master: And they were great!
