The emperor is just a man, after all.

I have to accept that difficult stuff happens & there’s no point in getting worked up about it. I'm a fallible human being....

I'm a fallible human being - but if I were to react to that knowledge with fear/defensiveness then how would I move forward?

Vincent Marc Hoherz on infallibility.

The only way to infallibility is to confess to one's fallibility.

What is fascinating to me is the way I view everything in terms of parallels and connections. When I read about Achilles and Odysseus in Homer's 'Iliad,' I can see parallels in Chinese historical romances, in the way the first emperor of the Han dynasty and his chief rival are portrayed.

Emperors are vain and useless things.