#fear

Your fear of the truth does not hide or dilute it. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#life #truth #life

The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#fate #fear #ignorance #life #order

God knew our lives would be really bad sometimes. Like maybe we'd be turned into a monster and then our best friend would get killed. So he made up this story about hell, so we could always say, 'Well it could be worse. It could be hell.' And then we'd keep going. ↗

— Michael Grant

#gone #heaven #hell #ichael-grant #life

I am quite sure I am more afraid of people who are themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself. ↗

— Teresa of Ávila

#evil #fear #life

I've met talespinners before, Jake, and they're all cut more or less from the same cloth. They tell tales because they're afraid of life. ↗

— Stephen King

#writers #writing #life

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#fear #responsibility #violence #vulnerability #life

I'm so profoundly happy! Happiness like this is frightening. They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you" -- Sofia Akrami from The Kite Runner ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#happiness #life #life

We are all the fools of time and terror: Days Steal on us and steal from us; yet we live, Loathing our life, and dreading still to die. ↗

— George Gordon Byron

#time #life

The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The smartest thing in the world is to try to be a moral person. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#fear #life #morality #wisdom #life

Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be. ↗

— Donald Miller

#facing-fear #resistance #life