Category: Of Grasshoppers

Student: I don’t think I can save us this time.
Master: Does it have to be you, alone, that saves us?

Student: Have you ever lost hope?
Master: Have you ever looked deeply into the eyes of an infant?

Student: Am I a bad person?
Master: Do you really need to ask?

Student: Why go on?
Master: To make a difference.

Student: I don’t have time.
Master: Make time.

Student: I am the personification of failure.
Master: Failure is what you make of it.

Student: I work alone.
Master: People do not succeed in isolation.

Student: I wish it was painless.
Master: If it was painless, you could be dreaming.

Student: No one listens anyway.
Master: Then shutup and be a good example.

Student: I can’t make my wife happy.
Master: Take it elsewhere bud! I deal in philosophy and morals, not mysticism.

Student: Taking my anger out on other people makes me feel worse.
Master: Doesn’t do much for the other person either.

Student: I was tested and failed.
Master: Sometimes lessons look like tests.

Student: Who am I?
Master: You are the embodiment of how others perceive you. Be true.

Student: Why so many obsticles?
Master: The uncommon road has heavy tolls.