“I've been thinking of a story from the Old Testament: Moses stood all day and all night with outstretched arms, praying to God for victory. And whenever he let down his arms, the enemy prevailed over the children of Israel. Are there still people today who never weary of directing all their thinking and all their energy, single-heartedly, to one cause?” PeopleThinkingChildrenStillsStoriesTodayNightEnergyCausesEnemyArmsPrayingVictoryIsraelWearyTestamentAll NightMosesOld TestamentPraying To GodLet Down Author:Sophie Scholl
“Accustom yourself to submit on all and every occasion, and on the most minute, no less than on the most important circumstances of life, to a small present evil, to obtain a greater distant good. This will give decision, tone, and energy to the mind, which, thus disciplined, will often reap victory from defeat and honor from repulse.” GivingMindImportantEvilEnergyDecisionGreaterMinutesVictoryHonorCircumstancesDefeatOccasionsToneSubmitReapEvery Occasion Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“The repose necessary to all beauty is repose, not of inanition, nor of luxury, nor of irresolution, but the repose of magnificent energy and being; in action, the calmness of trust and determination; in rest, the consciousness of duty accomplished and of victory won; and this repose and this felicity can take place as well in the midst of trial and tempest, as beside the waters of comfort.” WellsActionEnergyWaterConsciousnessDutyVictoryComfortDeterminationTrialsLuxuryAccomplishedMidstMagnificentCalmnessReposeTempestFelicity Book:Modern Painters Source: Modern Painters
“In the west, Apollo and Dionysus strive for victory. Apollo makes the boundary lines that are civilization but that lead to convention, constraint, oppression. Dionysus is energy unbound, mad, callous, destructive, wasteful. Apollo is law, history, tradition, the dignity and safety of custom and form. Dionysus is the new, exhilarating but rude, sweeping all away to begin again. Apollo is a tyrant, Dionysus is a vandal.” FormLawEnergyLinesVictoryCivilizationTraditionDignitySafetyMadWestStriveBoundariesOppressionDestructiveCustomsTyrantsConventionsRudeApolloConstraintsSweepingExhilaratingBegin AgainCallousDionysusUnboundVandals Book:Sexual Personae Source: Sexual Personae
“The first and most important rule to observe...is to use our entire forces with the utmost energy. The second rule is to concentrate our power as much as possible against that section where the chief blows are to be delivered and to incur disadvantages elsewhere, so that our chances of success may increase at the decisive point. The third rule is never to waste time. Finally, the fourth rule is to follow up our successes with the utmost energy. Only pursuit of the beaten enemy gives the fruits of victory.” GivingFirstsMayImportantUseEnergyForceChanceEnemyVictoryWasteThirdsIncreaseFruitBlowPursuitChiefsWasting TimeElsewhereFourthBeatenSectionsDisadvantagesFollow Up Author:Carl von Clausewitz