The artist and the mother are vehicles, not originators. They don't create the new life, they only bear it. This is why birth is such a humbling experience. The new mom weeps in awe at the little mira...
Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional, crazy heart.
Sometimes entire families participate unconsciously in a culture of self-dramatization. The kids fuel the tanks, the grown-ups arm the phasers, the whole starship lurches from one spine-tingling episo...
Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.
Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.
Our greatest fear is fear of success.
O Divine Poesy, goddess, daughter of Zeus, sustain for me this song of the various-minded man who, after he had plundered the innermost citadel of hallowed Troy, was made to stay grievously about the...
Listen to me, young Hardy. A day will come for you when play becomes torment. When you are drowning, not in water but on dry land. In that hour remember me. I will preserve you.
It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life. — Telamon of Arcadia, mercenary of the fifth century B.C.
It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they're not aware of time or solitude while they're chasing their vision. The hours fly. The sculptress and the tree- climbing tyke both loo...
Here is what you do, friends. Forget country. Forget king. Forget wife and children and freedom. Forget every concept, however noble, that you imagine you fight for here today. Act for this alone: for...
Are you paralyzed with fear? That's a good sign.
Anything that draws attention to ourselves through pain-free or artificial means is a manifestation of Resistance.
Warrior cultures (and warrior leaders) enlist shame, not only as a counter to fear but as a goad to honor. The warrior advancing into battle (or simply resolving to keep up the fight) is more afraid o...
The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
Reći ću Njegovom Veličanstvu što je kralj.Kralj ne boravi u svome šatoru dok njegovi ljudi krvare i ginu na ratištu.Kralj ne objeduje dok njegovi ljudi gladuju niti spava dok drže stražu na zidu.Kralj...
Resistance is implacable, intractable, indefatigable.
Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance.
Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you're feeling massive Resistance, the good news is that it means there's tremendous love there too.
Resistance gets us to plunge into a project with an overambitious and unrealistic timetable for its completion.