Most people strive throughout their lives to leave some trace of themselves in a world they will eventually have to depart; yet, they fail to realize that instead of merely leaving traces, they should focus on building roads—much like the ancient Romans did.

This was the primary reason for their success: without roads, they could neither have conquered nor come to know the world, and these roads served as a gift even to the very territories they invaded and the inhabitans. Roads represent vision; those who come after us are not interested in glorious traces, tombs, commemorative plaques and monumental graves, what matters to them is the extent to which we were able to instill enlightened, future visions.