Remember, kiddies, virtue is its own reward.

Which is better, being true to who you are even as it brings your world down around your head, or selling out and living the high life? Is it moral to ask others to betray themselves for your happiness? When you've alienated everyone you love, is it any comfort to know the truth is on your side? The answers are: be true to yourself, especially if it brings you ruin; no; and yes.

Why Ben Sisko is not only a better captain, but a better man than Jean-Luc Picard: "In the Pale Moonlight" compared with "I, Borg." After all, what is one man's soul balanced against the fate of an entire civilzation?