Student: I don’t think I can save us this time.
Master: Does it have to be you, alone, that saves us?
Category: Of Grasshoppers
Philosophical discussions between “student” and “master” intended to inspire deep thought.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Have you ever lost hope?
Master: Have you ever looked deeply into the eyes of an infant?
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Am I a bad person?
Master: Do you really need to ask?
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Why go on?
Master: To make a difference.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I don’t have time.
Master: Make time.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I am the personification of failure.
Master: Failure is what you make of it.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I work alone.
Master: People do not succeed in isolation.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I wish it was painless.
Master: If it was painless, you could be dreaming.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: No one listens anyway.
Master: Then shutup and be a good example.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I can’t make my wife happy.
Master: Take it elsewhere bud! I deal in philosophy and morals, not mysticism.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Taking my anger out on other people makes me feel worse.
Master: Doesn’t do much for the other person either.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I was tested and failed.
Master: Sometimes lessons look like tests.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Do guns hurt people?
Master: Guns don’t hurt people. Dick Cheney hurts people. [Source]
see also: Commentary on the Cheney shooting
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Who am I?
Master: You are the embodiment of how others perceive you. Be true.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Why so many obsticles?
Master: The uncommon road has heavy tolls.
