"I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one."
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"Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."
"Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready to sustain its possession - to defend it against every thrust from within or without."
"Everyone who has something is afraid of losing it, and people with nothing are worried they'll forever have nothing. Everyone is the same."
"Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself."
"A decision made from fear is always the wrong decision."
"Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outcast. Give me six and they'll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they'll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home."
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."
"I failed my way to success."
"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."
"Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment."
"Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out."
"You can only be afraid of what you think you know."
"People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls."
"Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation."
"We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid."
"Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there."
"Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind."
"Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it."
"Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil."