#fear

"Most of us try to do too much because we are secretly afraid we will not be able to do anything at all."

"How many fears came between us?Earthquakes, diseases, wars where hellrained smoldering pus from skies made of winged death.Horror tore this world asunder.While inside the bleeding smokeand beyond the shredded weeping fleshwe memorized tales of infinite good.--from The History Lesson"

"Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it."

"We are all teachers, we all have knowledge and experiences that can teach others."

"What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?"

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."

"To fear is to have more faith in your antagonist than in Christ."

"Don't they get afraid, then?""They have a religion for that."

"To write as if your life depended on it; to write across the chalkboard, putting up there in public the words you have dredged; sieved up in dreams, from behind screen memories, out of silence-- words you have dreaded and needed in order to know you exist."

"I wish my stove came with a Save As button like Word has. That way I could experiment with my cooking and not fear ruining my dinner."

"The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls."

"Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear."

"Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress."

"When someone died in the wilderness of frontier America, that person's physical remains were buried and the handcarts continued west, but the mourning survivors had hope for their loved one's eternal soul. However, when someone dies spiritually in the wilderness of sin, hope may be replaced by dread and fear for the loved one's eternal welfare."

"She had the best kind of courage, or maybe the worst kind, the kind that gets you into trouble."

"The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved."

"I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear."

"The greatest enemy to fear is truth."

"I am terrified by this dark thingThat sleeps in me;All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity."

"If Christ taught us anything it is this -- not to let our fear of death keep us from doing the good thing."