The larger fight is internal. Only by confronting our fear and knowing ourselves can we hope to truly succeed in the fight that is life.
As Sun Tzu said in "The Art of War":
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It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.
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