No one likes being alone. We just don't want to make friends reluctantly. If we did that, we'd probably just be disappointed.
You have to be run by missionaries, not mercenaries.
The primary function of law is to provide a framework for social order.
Separate the processes of creation from improving. You can’t write and edit, or sculpt and polish, or make and analyze at the same time. If you do, the editor stops the creator. While you invent, don’t select. While you sketch, don’t inspect. While you write the first draft, don’t reflect. At the start, the creator mind must be unleashed from judgement.