Work at what you love the most, even if you're only a two. Trust that your love for what your are doing will see you through. That's not easy, but better to grow into what you love than to pretend you're satisfied with a developmental dead end.

be present, be concentrated, and be strong.

I am happy that I am a unique individual, endowed with unique talents and abilities. I never spend my precious time and energy comparing my talents with those of others.

The artist accepts the limitations of form, not with fear and dread, but as the starting point of creation.

In life's work, bliss and sacrifice are two sides of the same coin, complementary opposites.

The hero, in living her own life, in being true to herself radiates a light by which others may see their own way.

Your life's work is something you love to do, something your talents can find full expression through. If we enjoy our work, we are sure to bring our creativity and enthusiasm to it.

Concentrate on what you need to do... Do step one. Begin! That's the important thing- Did you do step one? Did you actually do it?. . . It's not a matter of 'Can you do it?' If you do it, you're doing it.

To the extent that your work takes into account the needs of the world, it will be menaingful to the extent that through it you express your unique talents, it will be joyful.

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The life spent in doing what you love is a different life indeed from putting yourself out for hire to the highest bidder. The only way you can say it makes no difference is to say life makes no difference.

Here we must distinguish between society and culture. A society can be interested in a man or woman only as a political or economic entity a culture is interested in more. Culture means literally to cultivate or to care for. Cultures care for their peoples as natural, spiritual beings and not simply as workers or consumers.

Every man or woman is a potential poet or artist. Everyone has the capacity to bring to their work the dignity, purposefulness, and presence of the artist.