#fear

All human actions are motivated at their deepest level by two emotions--fear or love. In truth there are only two emotions--only two words in the language of the soul.... Fear wraps our bodies in clothing, love allows us to stand naked. Fear clings to and clutches all that we have, love gives all that we have away. Fear holds close, love holds dear. Fear grasps, love lets go. Fear rankles, love soothes. Fear attacks, love amends. ↗

— Neale Donald Walsch

#god #love #love

People who live life in fear of taking risks die without living it. ↗

— Fola

#inspirational #life #risk #inspirational

The weekend break had begun with the usual resentment and had continued with half-repressed ill humour. It was, of course, his fault. He had been more ready to hurt his wife's feelings and deprive his daughter than inconvenience a pub bar full of strangers. He wished there could be one memory of his dead child which wasn't tainted with guilt and regret. ↗

— P.D. James

#fear #guilt #marriage #regret #marriage

People need not fear the unknown if they have a capable of achieving what they need and what ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#fear #inspiration #inspirational

When I first heard the word existential, I didn't know what it meant. But then I found out that no one knows what it means, so now I use it all the time. ↗

— Francine Pascal

#fearless

When faced with something I fear, I tend to eat spaghetti. ↗

— Mark Helprin

#humor #spaghetti #humor

I want to concoct an invention I’ll call the “Portable Mass Hysteria Modulator,” which will manipulate markets from greed to fear, and conversely, fear to greed. Not only will this device help me make a fortune, and come equipped with a metal clip that enables it to affix itself onto your car’s sun visor, but it will also be able to open and close your garage door. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#greed #humor #humor

If there was no fear, how could there be comfort? Or courage? ↗

— Veronica Rossi

#fear #perry #courage

As a species, tragedy dwells within us all. We push it to the back of our thoughts, but it is never so far gone that it cannot return, crashing and writhing into our souls: a rogue wave overturning a boat on a calm day. Tragedy is never more than a breath away. We hide from its certainty and go about our lives as though time can be wasted. Somewhere deep inside ourselves we know that we tell ourselves lies. We know that someday everything we love will be gone. ↗

— Logan Kain

#death #fear #life #loss #love

I have many dead people who talk to me, whisper advice into my ears in the finest of moments. I take their advice in the moments where life shouldn't allow you to make your own business. This is one of those moments. The dead whisperer, Eleanor Roosevelt. The advice, "Do one thing every day that scares you." Here goes! ↗

— Cyndi Goodgame

#overcoming-fears #business