I Would Have Offered You

We Are Full Of Dreams [...] We Long For The Unattainable. We Believe In The Nonsense Of Fables. There Is No Pure Love; There Is Lust And There Is Need.

In Real War An Officer May Have Only One Chance At Succeeding. Consider Each Problem.

Our Modern World, Though Infinitely More Complex Than That Of Ancient Greece, Is Also Far More Superficial. Where The Greeks Offered Simple Psychological Training, We Live In An Age Of Style And Spin In Which Perceptions Of Good And Evil Slither And Shift With The Political View Of The Moment.

They Dont Understand What Real Treasure Is. They See It In Gold And Copper, And Tin. They See In Herds Of Horses Or Cattle. They Gather Treasures To Themselves, Building Great Storehouses, Which They Guard Ferociously. Then They Die. What Good Is It Then?

A Man Cannot Spend His Life Worrying About The Unexpected.