Erik's Really Old Non Flame Squad

Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends upon the myth-making imagination of humankind.

The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in.

And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. That is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions.

The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself.

Without this quality, even occaional greatness will destroy a man.