Not all men were meant to dance with dragons.
Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt.
The real issue lies in the North beyond the Wall. Stannis becomes one of the few characters fully to understand that, which is why in spite of everything he is a righteous man.
Perhaps that is the secret. It is not what we do, so much as why we do it.
The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.
Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.