
is the title of an excellent book by Laurence G. Boldt. As usual I'm going to quote from a few pages:
The words of truth are always paradoxical (Lao Tzu)
The do, or art, of work is a matter of bringing awareness, grace, and excellence to the way we work.
The work will teach you how to do it. (Estonian Proverb)
It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem. (G. K. Chesterton).
Discipline is simply a matter of doing what we must, without wasting time or energy worrying whether or not we feel like it.
The word art comes from a Latin root meaning "to arrange". We can think of an artist in any field as a master arranger.
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. (Epictetus)
Water becomes clear through stillness.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat. (Lily Tomlin)
Self-confidence is nothing special. It is the absence of self-consciousness, nothing more, nothing less.