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“It can pay off, being a hack. Given the depraved state of American culture, a slick dude can make millions being a hack. But even if you succeed, you lose, because you’ve sold out your Muse, and your Muse is you, the best part of yourself, where your finest and only true work comes from.”

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Steven Pressfield

Steven Pressfield, born in 1943, is a renowned author known for his historical and war novels. His works are highly appreciated for their deep historical insights and vivid depiction of war scenes. more

“The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying. Why is this important? Because when we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen. A process is set in motion by which, inevitably and infallibly, heaven comes to our aid. Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose.”

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

“When we're living as amateurs, we're running away from our calling - meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest selves.”

Self Running Destiny Calling Highest Obligation Running Away Our Destiny Truest

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“Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.”

May Virtue Warrior Selflessness Inseparable

Book:The Warrior Ethos

Source: The Warrior Ethos

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