Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

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.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men read more

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions
in their danger.

We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions
in their danger.

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.

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.