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How Steinbeck Used the Diary as a Tool of Discipline, a Hedge Against Self-Doubt, and a Pacemaker for the Heartbeat of Creative Work
“Just set one day’s work in front of the last day’s work. That’s the way it comes out. And that’s the only way it does.”
What Comes After Religion: The Search for Meaning in Secular Life
“We need reminders to be good, places to reawaken awe, something to reawaken our kinder, less selfish impulses…”
The Artist’s Reality: Mark Rothko’s Little-Known Writings on Art, Artists, and What the Notion of Plasticity Reveals about Storytelling
“While the authority of the doctor or plumber is never questioned, everyone deems himself a good judge and an adequate arbiter of what a work of art should be and how it should be done.”
The Difference Between Routine and Ritual: How to Master the Balancing Act of Controlling Chaos and Finding Magic in the Mundane
“The wonder of life is often most easily recognizable through habits and routines.”
The Wisdom of No Escape: Pema Chödrön on Gentleness, the Art of Letting Go, and How to Befriend Your Inner Life
“Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out your wisdom.”
The Well of Being: An Extraordinary Children’s Book for Grownups about the Art of Living with Openhearted Immediacy
A lyrical invitation to awaken from the trance of the limiting stories we tell ourselves and just live.
Mary Oliver on How Habit Gives Shape to Our Inner Lives
“The patterns of our lives reveal us. Our habits measure us.”
Lewis Carroll on Happiness and How to Alleviate Our Discomfort with Change
“There’s no use in comparing one’s feelings between one day and the next; you must allow a reasonable interval, for the direction of change to show itself.”
The Paradox of Intellectual Promiscuity: Stephen Jay Gould on What Nabokov’s Butterfly Studies Reveal About the Unity of Creativity
“There is no science without fancy, and no art without facts.”
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