"This man has conquered the world! What have you done?" The philosopher replied without an instant's hesitation, "I have conquered the need to conque… - Steven Pressfield

If you find yourself criticizing other people, you're probably doing it out of Resistance. When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.

The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection, self-doubt, despair, ridicule, contempt, and humiliation.

The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they. — Plutarch Sayings of the Spartans