Quotes: Lao Tzu

"Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts."

–– Lao Tzu (c. 500 BCE), Chinese philosopher and writer

Source: Tao Te Ching 

via Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2007, p. 118.

Quotes: Marion Woodman

"It is easier to try to be better than you are than to be who you are." 

–– Marion Woodman (1928-2018), Canadian psychoanalyst and writer

Source: Oliver Burkeman. Meditations for Mortals. Toronto: Allen Lane/Penguin Random House Canada, 2024; p. v. 

via: Commonplace Book 2024, 2025, p. 33.

Quotes: Bruce Lee

"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

–– Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor 

via: Sketchbook O 15, 2024, p. 12.

Quotes: Lao Tzu

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."

–– Lao Tzu (c. 500 BCE), Chinese philosopher and writer 

Quotes: Marina Abramović

 "If we go for the easy way, we never change." 

–– Marina Abramović (b. 1946), Serbian conceptual and performance artist