Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.

It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life.

The great thing about writing about the ancient Spartans or Athenians is that so much knowledge is no longer extant that no one, except maybe a Cambridge or Oxford don, can call you out and prove you wrong.

Don't prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.

The highest treason a crab can commit is to make a leap for the rim of the bucket.

The Kabbalah describes angels as bundles of light, meaning intelligence, consciousness. Kabbalists believe that above every blade of grass is an angel crying "Grow! Grow!" ... I believe that above the entire human race is one super-angel, crying "Evolve! Evolve!"

Art is a war - between ourselves and the forces of self-sabotage that would stop us from doing our work. The artist is a warrior.