We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them. Even with the violence of emotion, judgment and principle must still function like a ship's compass, which records the slightest variations however rough the sea.
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Suppressing emotions entirely can be unhealthy and unsustainable.
Intelligence alone is not courage, we often see that the most intelligent people are irresolute. Since in the rush of events a man is governed by feelings rath…
Action in war is like movement in a resistant element. Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily be performed in water, so in …
War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.
At that stage my heart ruled my head'.
He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.
How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?