The Seven Abstract Cores

Choose your battleground–a warrior never goes into battle not knowing what the surroundings are, and to discard everything this is unnecessary. (Eagle, 278)

Warriors don’t have the world to cushion them, so they must have the rule, yet the rule of stalkers applies to everyone. (Eagle, 279)

Apply all the concentration you have to decide whether or not to enter into battle, for any battle is a battle for one’s life–don’t complicate things, aim at being simple.
Relax, abandon yourself, fear nothing; only then will the powers that guide us open the road and aid us. (Eagle, 280)

When faced with odds that cannot be dealt with, warriors retreat for a moment, they let their minds meander. They occupy their time with something else.
Warriors compress time, even an instant counts; a second is an eternity, an eternity that may decide the outcome; aim at succeeding; don’t waste an instant. (Eagle, 281)

A stalker never pushes himself to the front. (Eagle, 290)

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