No harm may touch thee from without; thyself alone can be thine own enemy.

I have said." Then I went forth with a full heart.

The night was very still, and none were stirring in the temple courts.

I hurried through them, and reached the entrance to the pylon that is at the outer gate.

Then, seeking solitude, and, as it were, to draw near to heaven, I climbed the pylon's two hundred steps, until at length I reached the massive roof.