Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind men were constrained in the absence of any other form of discipline to turn to discipline of the military type.
Having soon discovered to be great I must appear so and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society and wrapped myself in mystery devoting my time to fasting and prayer.
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I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.