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The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.
Steven Pressfield • The War of Art
“If you won’t think of anything else, then just imagine that Doomsday Battle four centuries from now, and the look in their eyes when they see you! What sort of a person will they see? A man who abandoned the woman he loves most, together with all of humanity? A man unwilling to save all of the world’s children? A man who wouldn’t even save his own
... See moreCixin Liu • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2)
He was going to have to make some hard choices. In a world where everything can kill you, one must choose which battles to fight.
A.G. Riddle • Lost in Time
It is also the Warrior in us that when faced with a problem, whether one’s own or another’s, immediately tackles it and tries to save the day. Finally, it is the Warrior within each of us that is humiliated if we let a wrong or slight go by and do not do anything about it.
Carol Pearson • Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World
The new warrior is now called to meet a highly ambiguous challenge, often of minimal physicality. Saving habitat and community is a complex, wicked proposition, and the challenge of modern activism is often brutally cognitive. The enemy, if there is one, is not always obvious, and success not always clear. Can the warrior stand up to this kind of c
... See moreFrank Forencich • The Art is Long: Big Health and the New Warrior Activist
It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life. —Telamon of Arcadia, mercenary of the fifth century B.C.
Steven Pressfield • The War of Art
If we are accessing the Warrior appropriately, we will be energetic, decisive, courageous, enduring, persevering, and loyal to some greater good beyond our own personal gain.
Robert Moore • King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
“Luo Ji is his own Wallbreaker. He needs to find out what threat he poses to the Lord,” Qin Shi Huang said. “Do we know whether or not he is a threat?” someone asked.
Cixin Liu • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2)
Past the short beard, warrior’s body, and scarred skin, he stared into his own eyes, searching for the king behind them. As always, he wasn’t completely impressed with what he saw.