Category: Of Grasshoppers

Student: One more fight.
Master: Is there a purpose?

Student: Am I forever changed?
Master: With great consistency.

Student: I’m doing a lot wrong.
Master: Better than doing nothing, right.

Student: Will I be remembered?
Master: Why?

Student: Is it worth it?
Master: Does it matter?

Student: We rarely talk when I am happy.
Master: We talk far too often.

Student: Is this what dying feels like?
Master: This is what living feels like.

Student: I took a nap.
Master: Have you awoken yet?

Student: This mountain is too high.
Master: Forget the mountain. Let’s climb this small hill first.

Student: That’s a big mountain!
Master: No one climbs a mountain by staring at it.

Student: I’m very tired.
Master: Rest.

Student: David Carradine dead at 72.
Master: No words.

Student: I was wrong about everything.
Master: At least you are finally right about something.

Student: I wish my voice could be taken away.
Master: Just shut up.