It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey.
Start before you’re ready. Good things happen when we start before we’re ready.
Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one 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.
Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.
Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.
In the hierarchy, the artist faces outward. Meeting someone new he asks himself, What can this person do for me? How can this person advance my standing? In the hierarchy, the artist looks up and looks down. The one place he can't look is that place he must: within.
Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
What we're doing here will send a giant ripple through the universe.
I’m not mad. I’m in a perfectly happy mood, you asshole.
True! - nervous - very, very nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
Be a collector of good ideas. Keep a journal. If you hear a good idea, capture it, write it down. Don't trust your memory.