I believe they sense that the virtues are like music. They vibrate at a higher, nobler pitch. - Steven Pressfield

The virtues are like music. They vibrate at a higher, nobler pitch.

What happens when we turn pro is, we finally listen to that still, small voice inside our heads. At last we find the courage to identify the secret dream or love or bliss that we have known all along was our passion, our calling, our destiny.

The hardship of the exercises is intended less to strengthen the back than to toughen the mind.

What's the difference between a Spartan king and a mid-ranker? One man will lob this query to his mate as they prepare to bed down in the open in a cold driving rain. His friend considers mock-theatrically for a moment. .'The king sleeps in that shithole over there' he replies. 'We sleep in this shithole over here.