#fear

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#ever #fear #goes #heart #itself

Fear attracts attack. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#attracts #fear

People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with other people. When you connect with other people, you connect with something in yourself. It makes you feel happy. And yet it's so scary - it makes people feel vulnerable and unsafe. ↗

— Toni Collette

#about #connect #fearful #feel #happy

We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist. So, for a time, if such a passion come to fruition, the man will get what he wants. He will get the moral support, the encouragement, the relief from the sense of loneliness, the assurance of his own worth. But these things pass away; inevitably they pass away as the shadows pass across sundials. It is sad, but it is so. The pages of the book will become familiar; the beautiful corner of the road will have been turned too many times. Well, this is the saddest story. ↗

— Ford Madox Ford

#insecurity #loneliness #beauty

No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service. ↗

— Christopher Columbus

#fear #his #holy #intention #just

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

#am #away #because #beneath #challenge

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. ↗

— Confucius

#government #more #oppressive #than #tiger

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. ↗

— William Congreve

#almost #certain #comes #fear #impervious

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God. ↗

— Sean Connery

#faith #fear #god #kills #laughter

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. ↗