"It is said that another time, when free from business in Spain, after reading some part of the history of Alexander, Caesar sat a great while very thoughtful, and at last burst out into tears. His friends were surprised, and asked him the reason of it. ‘Do you think,’ said he, ‘I have not just cause to weep, when I consider that Alexander at my age had conquered so many nations, and I have all this time done nothing that is memorable?’"
— Plutarch. Too often I forget both sides of the story and punish myself, as did Caesar, for my life of seeming mediocrity. I need to remember that, as sung in a traditional Persian song, “King Alexander won the whole world but lost his soul.”