How Many Hopes And Dreams Are Trapped

You May Think Life Is Sweet Now, But When Death Is A Heartbeat Away Then Life Becomes Unbearably Desirable. And When You Survive, Everything You Do Will Be Enhanced And Filled With Greater Joy: The Sunlight, The Breeze, A Good Wine, A Woman's Lips, A Child's Laughter.

Be At Peace, My Friend. One Thing I Have Learnt About Death Is That His Bark Is Worse Than His Bite.

The Very Odd Thing About Sagas ... Is That They Very Rarely Mention Dry Mouths And Full Bladders.

Yours Is A Race Whose Imagination Is Limited To Its Own Small Appetites. Greed, Lust, Envy - These Are The Motivating Forces Of Humankind. What Redeems You Is That In Every Man And Woman There Is A Seed That Can Grow To Encompass Love, Joy And Compassion. But This Seed Is Never Allowed To Prosper In Fertile Ground. It Struggles For Life Among The Rocks Of Your Human Soul.

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.