That path leads ever down into stagnation.

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.

If you need something to worship, then worship life - all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together!

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.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit.

I'm going to rub your faces in things you try to avoid. I don't find it strange that all you want to believe is only that which comforts you. How else do humans invent the traps which betray us into mediocrity? How else do we define cowardice?