The teacher uses the worthy opponent to force the apprentice into the choice of his life. The apprentice must choose between the Warrior’s world and his ordinary world. (Power, 247)

The tonal doesn’t know that decisions are in the realm of the natural. When we think we decide, all we are doing is acknowledging that something beyond our understanding has set up the frame of our so-called decision, and all we do is acquiesce. (Power, 249)

We choose only once, we choose either the be warriors or to be ordinary men. A second choice does not exist. Not in this world. (Ring, 280)