Re-Create Yourself

The Greek Sea-God Proteus. His power came from his ability to change shape at will, to be whatever the moment required. When Menelaus, brother of Agamemnon, tried to sieze him, Proteus transformed himself into a lion, then a serpent, a panther, a boar, running water and finally a leafy tree.

Know how to be all things to all men. Learn to play many roles, to be whatever the moment requires.  A discreet Proteus- a scholar among scholars, a saint among saints. That is the art of winning over everyone, for like attracts like.

Bismark played this game to perfection: To a liberal he was a liberal, to a hawk he was a hawk. He could not be grasped, and what cannot be grasped cannot be consumed.