I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once. - Frank Herbert

In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other.
That was the end of holiness for both churches.

Whether a thought is spoken or not, it is a real thing and has powers of reality.

She asked me to tell her what it is to rule,” Paul said. “And I said that one commands. And she said I had some unlearning to do.” She hit a mark there right enough, Hawat thought. He nodded for Paul to continue. “She said a ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel. She said he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract the finest men.