A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.
Copy Quote View & ShareI don't fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
Copy Quote View & ShareI have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.
Copy Quote View & ShareSimulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.
Copy Quote View & ShareShame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
Copy Quote View & ShareI always say that my biggest fear in a relationship is cheating, and people giving up.
Copy Quote View & ShareCourage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.
Copy Quote View & ShareI think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.
Copy Quote View & ShareI had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.
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