Fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.
The empire fell well before the invasion of the barbarians. It collapsed from the collective softness of its citizens’ minds and the turning of their back on reality.
That is the physics that all fearless types discover at some point – an appropriate ratcheting up of self-belief and energy when facing negative or even impossible circumstances.
