“To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing.”
Bruce Lee

“πρῶτον μὲν θύοντα χρὴ αἰτεῖσθαι θεοὺς ταῦτα διδόναι καὶ νοεῖν καὶ λέγειν καὶ πράττειν, ἀφ’ ὧν θεοῖς μὲν κεχαρισμενώτατα ἄρξαις ἄν, σαυτῷ δὲ καὶ φίλοις καὶ τῇ πόλει προσφιλέστατα καὶ εὐκλεέστατα καὶ πολυωφελέστατα” – Ξενοφῶν

(“The first duty is to sacrifice to the gods and pray them to grant you the thoughts, words and deeds likely to render your command most pleasing to the gods and to bring yourself, your friends and your city the fullest measure of affection and glory and advantage.” – Xenophon)

I know, I know… some critics say that this version is too heavy, too romantic, too little philological,…
But no other version gives me so deep chills as this one.
Sorry, incomparable.

“Eternity is in love with the creations of time”
William Blake

“…the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.”
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield