"We nearly always make ourselves masters of those whom we know well, because he who is thoroughly understood is in some sense subject to those who understand him."

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Whoever has become a servant of the Lord fears only his Master. But whoever is without the fear of God is often afraid of his own shadow. Fearfulness is the daughter of unbelief. A proud soul is the slave of fear; hoping in itself, in comes to such a state that it is startled by a small noise, and is afraid of the dark.

— John Climacus