Force has no place where there is need of skill.
Herodotus.
“In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.”
“If an important decision is to be made, they [the Persians] discuss the question when they are drunk, and the following day the master of the house where the discussion was held submits their decis...”
“Now if a man thus favoured died as he has lived, he will be just the one you are looking for: the only sort of person who deserves to be called happy. But mark this: until he is dead, keep the word...”
“It is the greatest and the tallest of trees that the gods bring low with bolts and thunder. For the gods love to thwart whatever is greater than the rest. They do not suffer pride in anyone but the...”
“The destiny of man is in his own soul.”
“Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.”
“We are contemporary citizens living in a technological world. Swimming in crosscultural waters can be dangerous, and if you are honest you can't stay there very long. Sooner or later you have to lo...”
“Some folks call her a runaway. A failure in the race. But she knows where her ticket takes her. She will find her place in the sun”
“We would do what we must. The world is big. Surely there is a space in it for one like you and one like me.”
“There is a difference between skill and talent. Master the skill to allow the talent out.”
“What my business partner says is, if the Lord gives you a talent or a skill, you have the obligation to use it as best as you can. Dont you agree?”
“Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.”
“A need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it.”
“I dont need words, I just need you to come back. - Taryn”
“To achieve peace,we needed to have a war to start with.”