The warrior: silent in his struggle, undetainable because he has nothing to lose, functional and efficacious because he has everything to gain.

To die with elation is a crappy way of dying... A warrior dies the hard way. His death must struggle to take him. A warrior does not give himself to it.

If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.

Nothing can temper the spirit of a warrior as much as the challenge of dealing with impossible people in positions of power. Only under those conditions can warriors acquire the sobriety and serenity to withstand the pressure of the unknowable.

... a warrior could not avoid pain and grief but only the indulging in them

The things shamans deal with are extremely practical. They break down parameters of normal historical reality. Magical passes are just one aspect of that.

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.