Good leaders don’t make excuses.
Instead, they figure out a way to get it done and win.
Instead, they figure out a way to get it done and win.
Faith is the quiet courage that whispers 'keep going' when the world shouts 'give up'.
Remember that you are capable of so much more as long as you never give up and keep getting after it.
"Still immersed in his dream, he drank down the tepid tea. It tasted bitter. Glory, as anyone knows, is bitter stuff."
― Mishima
― Mishima
“The weaker a man finds himself to be, the more he should arm himself with strength and victory. For virtue and vice both depend on the will.”
— Meister Eckhart
— Meister Eckhart
“We are born as a people with an instinct for infinity. We want to soar into space, to conquer time, to overcome death. That is the Faustian soul.”
— Spengler
— Spengler
"No easy hope or lies shall bring us to our goal, but iron sacrifice of body, will and soul."
— Rudyard Kipling
— Rudyard Kipling
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PROMETHEISM & METAPOLEMOS (feat. JASON REZA JORJANI)
Dr Jason Reza Jorjani and I discussed his new book Metapolemos, Prometheism and the Philosophies of the Future that will lead us into Posthuman history after Singularity.
Jason Jorjani's links:
Website: https://jasonrezajorjani.com/
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Jason Jorjani's links:
Website: https://jasonrezajorjani.com/
X: https://x.com/Jason_Jorjani…
"The dissatisfaction of a spiritual man is more dangerous than that of a hungry man."
— Jünger
— Jünger
If you never quit and you never give up and you keep moving forward, then nothing can stop you from ultimately winning.
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."
— Thucydides
— Thucydides
Prepare as much as you can. Train hard. Study hard. Have contingency plans. And then be decisive, take action, and do not quit.
"Fortune, being a woman, is always a lover of young men for they are less cautious, more violent, and with more audacity command her."
— Machiavelli, The Prince
— Machiavelli, The Prince
"For Romans in Rome’s quarrel
Spared neither land nor gold,
Nor son nor wife, nor limb nor life,
Then all were for the state;
Then the great man helped the poor,
And the poor man loved the great:
Then lands and spoils were fairly portioned;
The Romans were like brothers
In the brave days of old."
— Macaulay, Horatius
Spared neither land nor gold,
Nor son nor wife, nor limb nor life,
Then all were for the state;
Then the great man helped the poor,
And the poor man loved the great:
Then lands and spoils were fairly portioned;
The Romans were like brothers
In the brave days of old."
— Macaulay, Horatius
“Then out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the gate:
‘To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods,
‘And for the tender mother
Who dandled him to rest,
And for the wife who nurses
His baby at her breast,
And for the holy maidens
Who feed the eternal flame,
To save them from false Sextus
That wrought the deed of shame?
‘Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul,
With all the speed ye may;
I, with two more to help me,
Will hold the foe in play.
In yon strait path a thousand
May well be stopped by three.
Now who will stand on either hand,
And keep the bridge with me?
Then out spake Spurius Lartius;
A Ramnian proud was he:
‘Lo, I will stand at thy right hand,
And keep the bridge with thee.’
And out spake strong Herminius;
Of Titian blood was he:
‘I will abide on thy left side,
And keep the bridge with thee.’
‘Horatius,’ quoth the Consul,
‘As thou sayest, so let it be.’
And straight against that great array
Forth went the dauntless Three.
For Romans in Rome’s quarrel
Spared neither land nor gold,
Nor son nor wife, nor limb nor life,
In the brave days of old.
Then none was for a party;
Then all were for the state;
Then the great man helped the poor,
And the poor man loved the great:
Then lands were fairly portioned;
Then spoils were fairly sold:
The Romans were like brothers
In the brave days of old.
Now Roman is to Roman
More hateful than a foe,
And the Tribunes beard the high,
And the Fathers grind the low.
As we wax hot in faction,
In battle we wax cold:
Wherefore men fight not as they fought
In the brave days of old.”
― Thomas Babington Macaulay, Horatius
The Captain of the gate:
‘To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods,
‘And for the tender mother
Who dandled him to rest,
And for the wife who nurses
His baby at her breast,
And for the holy maidens
Who feed the eternal flame,
To save them from false Sextus
That wrought the deed of shame?
‘Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul,
With all the speed ye may;
I, with two more to help me,
Will hold the foe in play.
In yon strait path a thousand
May well be stopped by three.
Now who will stand on either hand,
And keep the bridge with me?
Then out spake Spurius Lartius;
A Ramnian proud was he:
‘Lo, I will stand at thy right hand,
And keep the bridge with thee.’
And out spake strong Herminius;
Of Titian blood was he:
‘I will abide on thy left side,
And keep the bridge with thee.’
‘Horatius,’ quoth the Consul,
‘As thou sayest, so let it be.’
And straight against that great array
Forth went the dauntless Three.
For Romans in Rome’s quarrel
Spared neither land nor gold,
Nor son nor wife, nor limb nor life,
In the brave days of old.
Then none was for a party;
Then all were for the state;
Then the great man helped the poor,
And the poor man loved the great:
Then lands were fairly portioned;
Then spoils were fairly sold:
The Romans were like brothers
In the brave days of old.
Now Roman is to Roman
More hateful than a foe,
And the Tribunes beard the high,
And the Fathers grind the low.
As we wax hot in faction,
In battle we wax cold:
Wherefore men fight not as they fought
In the brave days of old.”
― Thomas Babington Macaulay, Horatius