What force is yanking at our sleeves? This process of self-revision and self-correction is so common we don't even notice. But it's a miracle. Steven Pressfield More Quotes by Steven Pressfield More Quotes From Steven Pressfield To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Steven Pressfield unique ambition soul On the artist's journey we are redefining and reconfiguring ourselves and our lives. Steven Pressfield redefining artist journey I am going to write my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow. Steven Pressfield symphony tomorrow writing As resistance works to keep us from becoming who we were born to be, equal and opposite powers are counterpoised against it. These are our allies and angels. Steven Pressfield allies angel opposites A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so. Steven Pressfield riders horse mad I was keenly conscious of the comrades-in-arms who had fallen with me. A bond surpassing by a hundredfold that which I had known in life bound me to them. I felt a sense of inexpressible relief and realized that I had feared, more than death, separation from them. I apprehended that excruciating war survivor's torment, the sense of isolation and self-betrayal experienced by those who had elected to cling yet to breath when their comrades had let loose their grip. Steven Pressfield betrayal self war Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years. Steven Pressfield support giving years Fear doesn't go away. The battle must be fought anew every day. Steven Pressfield going-away battle fear Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for! Steven Pressfield march glory fame The Gnostics believed that exile was the essential condition of man. Do you agree? I do. The artist and the addict both wrestle with this experience of exile. They share an acute, even excruciating sensitivity to the state of separation and isolation, and both actively seek a way to overcome it, to transcend it, or at least to make the pain go away. What is the pain of being human? It's the condition of being suspended between two worlds and being unable to fully enter into either. Steven Pressfield pain artist men The awakening an artist must be ruthless, not only with herself but with others. Steven Pressfield ruthless awakening artist You and I may only be mortals, with all the foolishness and fallibility that that state implies, but we're mortals made in the image of heaven. The gods can't do their work without us. So let's be bold, in their cause and in our own. It's our job, we humans, to make manifest that which is unmanifest-and to raise into consciousness, in this material dimension, that which had been known before only in heaven. Steven Pressfield may jobs heaven A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center. Steven Pressfield genius artist writing For what can be more noble than to slay oneself? Not literally. Not with a blade in the guts. But to extinguish the selfish self within, that part which looks only to its own preservation, to save its own skin. That, I saw, was the victory you Spartans had gained over yourselves. That was the glue. It was what you had learned and it made me stay, to learn it too. Steven Pressfield selfish victory skins Cousin, the days of gods and heroes are over." "Not to me. Not to them. Steven Pressfield cousin hero We need to ascend beyond our own petty Resistance, our own negative self-judgment and self-sabotage, our own "I'm not worthy" mind-set. Steven Pressfield self mind negative It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. Steven Pressfield sitting-down sitting writing Sometimes, when we're terrified of embracing our true calling, we'll pursue a shadow calling instead. That shadow career is a metaphor for our real career. Its shape is similar, its contours feel tantalizingly the same. But a shadow career entails no real risk. If we fail at a shadow career, the consequences are meaningless to us. Are you pursuing a shadow career? Steven Pressfield risk careers real The professional conducts his business in the real world. Adversity, injustice, bad hops and rotten calls, even good breaks and lucky bounces all comprise the ground over which the campaign must be waged. The field is level, the professional understands, only in heaven. Steven Pressfield adversity real heaven When we are succeeding - that is, when we have begun to overcome our self-doubt and self-sabotage, when we are advancing in our craft and evolving to a higher level - that's when panic strikes. When we experience panic, it means that we're about to cross a threshold. We're poised on the doorstep of a higher plane. Steven Pressfield self doubt mean
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