Natalie Goldberg

"Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important."

- Natalie Goldberg

"Stress is an ignorant state. It believes everything is an emergency."

- Natalie Goldberg

"Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency."

- Natalie Goldberg

"This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don’t wait."

- Natalie Goldberg

"If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you."

- Natalie Goldberg

"Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open."

- Natalie Goldberg

"Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it"

- Natalie Goldberg

"The harder you chase something, the faster you go and the less you’re able to let life meet life. If you’re having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down …Creativity exists in the present moment. You can’t find it anywhere else."

- Natalie Goldberg

"Whether you’re keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it’s the same thing. What’s important is you’re having a relationship with your mind."

- 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

"Writers live twice."

- Natalie Goldberg