Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the remainder which is allowed thee. Book VII

“Many call this process 'the destruction of nature.' But it's not really destruction, it's change. Nature cannot be destroyed.” Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life—daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual. Man's Search For Meaning

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. The Art Of War