"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
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"Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway."
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"My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning."
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"When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade."
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"In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?"
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"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."
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"Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual."
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"you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will."
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"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
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"When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'"
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"We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world."
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"But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?"
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"He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life."
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"Fear is the mother of morality."
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"A man who is afraid will do anything."
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"A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more."
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"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear."
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"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most."
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"I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time."
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"Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they can not communicate; they can not communicate because they are separated."
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