“What matters is not your ego or appearing right or being admired, but winning. To win you must be realistic and see things as they are. From this base of inner balance, you study history and its many lessons; you immerse yourself in the present and the trends that are taking shape. You encompass in your considerations not merely the battle in front of you, but the larger war, the cultural and social factors—everything. You understand what is happening, the historic moment we are living through.”