When a warrior fights not for himself,
but for his brothers,
when his most passionately sought goal
is neither glory nor his own life’s preservation,
but to spend his substance for them,
his comrades,
not to abandon them,
not to prove unworthy of them,
then his heart has truly achieved contempt for death
and with that he transcends himself
and his actions touch the sublime.
~ Gates of Fire, Stephen Pressfield
I'd like to thank Vonya of http://egotisticalpriest.omen-guild.net/ for sharing this stirring work.
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