quote - antithesis of the warrior's spirit

[khyknight]

"The soldier, like any other agent at the service of totalitarian powers, is the antithesis of the Warrior's spirit. The Warrior eats up an army for breakfast because the Warrior is an individual, whereas the army is made up of numbers and "yes sir" whose character and individuality are repressed by the necessity to subordinate to the military machine. The Warrior doesn't go to die in a war he doesn't believe in. Whereas the essence of a good soldier is obeying and following orders without thinking, the nature of a Warrior is to choose even when only one choice seems available. The Warrior is his own boss. He is an individualist in the best sense of the word. He follows the advice of anyone who can convince him and gives heart and soul to those who touch his heart, but no one can give him orders or force him to act against his will. The Warrior is an iconoclast who refuses to put his fate in the hands of any superior authority."

- On The Warrior's Path by Daniele Bolelli