Fear is the passion of slaves.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy
den, and none returning.
[Lat., Quia ne read more

I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy
den, and none returning.
[Lat., Quia ne vestigia terrent
Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrosum.]

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.

Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.

Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.

I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I read more

I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, read more

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.