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December 26, 2022 - January 1, 2023
the best things in life, the ones that made life truly worth living, were not always the ones people would normally consider important.
Young men dreamed of their place in history. Old men wondered when they would be history.
It was not good to dwell too long on the past. There was joy to be found there, yes, but also a great deal of sorrow. It was better to focus on the present, on the friends and comrades who were still with him.
Studying could be onerous, but it was also much more cost effective in the long run.
there was no point in letting perfect become the enemy of good. In other words, it wasn’t always possible to come up with a perfect plan. Sometimes, they had to be happy with simply having a good one.

