You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence. - Frank Herbert

Belief fixes a granular universe and causes that universe to persist. Nothing can be allowed to change because that way your non-moving universe vanishes. But it moves of itself when you do not. It evolves beyond you and is no longer accessible to you.

When your opponent fears you, then’s the moment when you give the fear its own rein, give it the time to work on him. Let it become terror. The terrified man fights himself. Eventually, he attacks in desperation. That is the most dangerous moment, but the terrified man can be trusted usually to make a fatal mistake. You are being trained here to detect these mistakes and use them.

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.