“Sir, I would suggest knowledge of death is...” – Spock, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ... TV Quotes Database

Sir, I would suggest knowledge of death is vital for effective leadership.

Knowledge is one thing, Spock, but I experienced it. How will it live in me? Will it make me hesitant? Cautious? Not cautious enough? I'm already second-guessing myself. And that's the last thing a captain can afford.

Spock

Suffering can be transformed into insight. You must seek out the good in knowing your own death. Use it to be the man you most essentially are.

Christopher Pike

And who's that, Spock?

Spock

The captain.

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