“In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives from our high nature instead of our lower. Any of these will elicit Resistance.” WayLongTermIntegrityFavorsResistanceLong TermRejectsAnother WayGratificationImmediate Gratification Author:Steven Pressfield
“I've been trying to write for as long as I can remember. But those first fifteen years didn't produce much of great interest. I mean, it embarrasses me very much to look back on my early poems--very few lines of any merit at all and lots of affectation. But there were quite a lot of them. That's a point in one's favor.” WritingTryingYearsFirstsLooksMeanLongI CanRememberInterestLinesProduceFavorsMeritFifteenFifteen Years Author:Kingsley Amis
“It seems idle to rail at ambition merely because it is a boundless passion; or rather is not this circumstance an argument in its favor? If one would be employed or amused through life, should we not make choice of a passion that will keep one long in play?” IfsShouldLongPlaySeemsWould BeChoicesPassionCircumstancesAmbitionArgumentFavorsIdleEmployedBoundlessRailAmused Book:Essays on Men and Manners Source: Essays on Men and Manners