Greater in battle<br />than the man who would conquer<br />a thousand-thousand men,<br />is he who would conquer<br />just one —<br />himself.<br />Better to conquer yourself<br />than others.<br />When you've trained yourself,<br />living in constant self-control,<br />neither a deva nor gandhabba,<br />nor a Mara banded with Brahmas,<br />could turn that triumph<br />back into defeat.