We Hardly Ever Realize That We Can

Malicious Acts Are Performed By People For Personal Gain … Sorcerers, Though, Have An Ulterior Purpose For Their Acts, Which Has Nothing To Do With Personal Gain. The Fact That They Enjoy Their Acts Does Not Count As Gain. Rather, It Is A Condition Of Their Character. The Average Man Acts Only If There Is A Chance For Profit. Warriors Say They Act Not For Profit But For The Spirit.

The Fate Of All Of Us Here Has Been To Know That We Are Prisoners Of Power. No One Knows Why Us In Particular, But What A Great Fortune!

When A Man Has Fulfilled All Four Of These Requisites-to Be Wide Awake, To Have Fear, Respect, And Absolute Assurance-there Are No Mistakes For Which He Will Have To Account; Under Such Conditions His Actions Lose The Blundering Quality Of The Acts Of A Fool. If Such A Man Fails, Or Suffers A Defeat, He Will Have Lost Only A Battle, And There Will Be No Pitiful Regrets Over That.

A Warrior Thinks Of Death When Things Become Unclear. The Idea Of Death Is The Only Thing That Tempers Our Spirit.

The World Is Incomprehensible. We Won't Ever Understand It; We Won't Ever Unravel Its Secrets. Thus We Must Treat The World As It Is: A Sheer Mystery.