#fear

What we need in literature today are vast philosophic horizons; we need the most ultimate, the most fearsome, the most fearless 'Why?' and 'What next?' ("Literature, Revolution, and Entropy") ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#fearsome #literaturem #ultimate #writing #art

I just gave up one day. Around the time the news about toxic shock came out. I thought, Fuck me, man, I give up. Come and get me. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#giving-up #death

The greatest enemy to fear is truth. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#life #truth #life

The worst decisions of your life will always be those that are made out of fear. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#life-lessons #life

All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror, than though seated before your evening fire with a poker, and not a harpoon, by your side. ↗

— Herman Melville

#mortality #death

If you can overcome love, you can overcome fear. If you can overcome fear, you can overcome death. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#fear #life #love #death

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#unbelief #yourself

Surviving is good, but overcoming is better. ↗

— Shelley Hendrix

#dream #dreams #following-dreams #inspirational #overcome-fear

Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it. ↗