“…life becomes a test in which a man is asked to subvert his natural reactions with a will of intelligence that can perceive a wider field than simply that of the immediate moment.”

“His feelings are hurt far too easily, his thoughts jump to conclusions without considering what are typically far more shaded situations, and his body tangles up with tensions because it mistakes psychological stress for physical danger.”

“What flows out of it is as dulled and dumbed down as the subpar perceptions the senses roll in.”

“His mantle is tested day by day as his nerves grow stronger, his senses sharper, his judgment sounder, until each and every element of his character is refined from the coarse into the fine.”

“A man’s perception of time slows down and the moment grows increasingly vivid as he insists on ignoring everything except what is essential.”

“It is a psychological law that a man will in fact be rendered blind to his potential when the strains of an erratic and uncertain world are absent.”

“He stops, motionless, as if the clockwork that runs time and space has frozen itself to a halt.”