War, not peace, produces virtue. War, not peace, purges vice. War, and preparation for war, call forth all that is noble and honorable in a man. It unites him with his brothers and binds them in selfl...
Resistance is always lying and always full of shit.
Bhagavad-Gita tells us we have a right only to our labor, not to the fruits of our labor.
Its [Resistance] aim is to shove us away, distract us from doing our work.
When deliberating, think in campaigns and not battles; in wars and notcampaigns; in ultimate conquest and not wars.
The enemy is Resistance.
The more resistance you experience, the more important your unmanifested art/project/enterprise is to you - and the more gratification you will fell when you finally do it.
Fundamentalism is the philosophy of the powerless, the conquered, the displaced and the dispossessed. Its spawning ground is the wreckage of political and military defeat, as Hebrew fundamentalism aro...
We're never alone. As soon as we step outside the campfire glow, our Muse lights on our shoulder like a butterfly. The act of courage calls for infallibly that deeper part of ourselves that supports a...
Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
When we drug ourselves to blot out our soul's call, we are being good Americans and exemplary consumers.
The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
The marine corps teaches you how to be miserable. This is invaluable for an artist. Marines love to be miserable. Marines derive a perverse satisfaction in having colder chow, crappier equipment, and...
Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'indep...
If you're are paralyzed with fear it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.
To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution.
What we get when we turn pro is we find our power. We find our will and our voice and we find our self-respect. We become who we always were but had, until then, been afraid to embrace and live out.
The payoff for a life of adversity is freedom.
The enemy is in you, but it is not you.
The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.