"He who has overcome his fears will truly be free."
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"Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it."
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"He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures."
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"Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire."
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"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."
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"A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat."
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"Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it."
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"The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything."
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""Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.""
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"It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army."
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"Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity Kitai. Do not misunderstand me, danger is very real, but fear is a choice."
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"Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me."
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"To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying."
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"In heaven, all the interesting people are missing."
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"The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all."
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"Fear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever and subtle theories, absurd superstitions, dogmas, and beliefs."
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"In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world."
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"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."
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"He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived."
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"The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear."
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