The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.

Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.

If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.

Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.

A man's flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.