The War of Art

that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery.

So if you're paralyzed with fear, it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do. RESISTANCE AND LOVE

Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.

The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.

Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it. Begin it now."

we are servants of the Mystery. We were put here on earth to act as agents of the Infinite, to bring into existence that which is not yet, but which will be, through us.

I'm unspooling the new improved version

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.

The principle of organization is built into nature. Chaos itself is self-organizing. Out of primordial disorder, stars find their orbits; rivers make their way to the sea.