The Importance of Adapting to Reality

"We've still got that barbarian instinct inside of us, and we're adapting to the situation now so we can force it towards our ideals," he says. "If you have not gone into a fight and proven that you want to punch through the pain to make sure you come out on top, if you have not found that in yourself, your mind cannot be trusted... this is why Nietzsche before he even wrote any of this stuff, he went to the mountains and he forced himself to overcome his sickness."