Fear

"I always believed that fear belonged to other people. Weaker people. It never touched me. And then it did. And when it touched you, you know...that it's always been there all along. Waiting beneath the surface of everything you loved." ...

"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." - Michel de Montaigne ...

"Always do what you are afraid to do" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

“If fear alters behavior, you’re already defeated.” - Brenda Hammond ...

"The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all." - Mignon McLaughlin ...

“Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.” - Pope John Paul ...

“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 ...

“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” - Dorothy Thompson ...

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." - Joseph Campbell ...

"Imagine if for the next twenty-four hours you had to wear a cap that amplified your thoughts so that everyone within a hundred yards of you could hear every thought that passed through your head. How embarrassed or fearful would you be ...