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"We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger."
"In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice."
"When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one."
"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
"Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd."
"Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one."
"Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me."
"Know the enemy and know yourself."
"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."
"Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind."
"Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress."
"Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear."
"Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can and I will."
"The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death."
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
"Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want."
"You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind."
"Move, but don't move the way fear makes you move."
"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears."
"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say."
