Anything we do fully is an alone journey.
--Natalie Goldberg
Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it.
--Natalie Goldberg
Clarity and perseverance are difficult in American society because the basis of capitalism is greed and dissatisfaction.
--Natalie Goldberg
Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.
--Natalie Goldberg
Every moment is enormous and it is all we have.
--Natalie Goldberg
Finally, one just has to shut up, sit down, and write.
--Natalie Goldberg
Great lovers realize that they are what they are in love with.
--Natalie Goldberg
I honor English majors. It's a dumb thing to major in. It leads nowhere. It's good to be dumb, it allows us to love something for no reason. That's the best kind of love.
--Natalie Goldberg
If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.
--Natalie Goldberg
Indefinite plans get dubious results.
--Natalie Goldberg
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.
--Natalie Goldberg
The only difference between neurosis and wisdom is struggle.
--Natalie Goldberg
The problem is we think we exist.
--Natalie Goldberg
This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.
--Natalie Goldberg
We must remember that everything is ordinary and extraordinary. It is our minds that either open or close.
--Natalie Goldberg
We never graduate from first grade. Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning.
--Natalie Goldberg
We shouldn't forget that the universe moves with us, is at our back with everything we do.
--Natalie Goldberg
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