A Warrior's Creed |
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I have no parents---I make the heavens and earth my parents I have no home---I make awareness my home I have no life or death---I make the tides of breathing my life and death I have no divine powers---I make honesty my divine power I have no means---I make understanding my means I have no magic secrets---I make character my magic secret I have no body---I make endurance my body I have no eyes---I make the flash of lightning my eyes I have no ears---I make sensibility my ears I have no limbs---I make promptness my limbs I have no strategy---I make "unshadowed by thought" my strategy I have no designs---I make "seizing opportunity by the forelock" my design I have no miracles---I make right-action my miracles I have no principles---I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles I have no tactics---I make emptiness and fullness my tactics I have no talents---I make ready wit my talent I have no friends---I make my mind my friend I have no enemies---I make carelessness my enemy I have no armor---I make benevolence and righteousness my armor I have no castle---I make immovable mind my castle I have no sword---I make absence of self my sword |