“But in Germany, on a mountain peak, there sits one man who in a single day can release the world from the fear which now oppresses it; or in a single day can plunge all that we have and are into a volcano of smoke and flame.”
"The only real prison is fear…" Aung San Suu Kyi
"Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not." –Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic
Marianne Williamson: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure…"
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Quote junkies. Help me find the author of my favorite quotation!
“With a pen in my hand and a pistol in my pocket, I fear no man.”
Somebody had it on a message board a long while back, 2003-ish. He had it attributed to Benito Mussolini. I checked online recently to look for the context of the quote, and couldn't find it anywhere.
Did Benito Mussolini actually say this? Did anybody actually say this?
“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.." Act Of Valor
"The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful." ~ Plato, The Republic
Or so it should be, I fear it is losing focus these days.
"Never fear shadows, they simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby." – Ruth E. Renkel
"When I became a man I put away childish things, including my fear of childishness…" C. S. Lewis
"Whenever you go out-of-doors…
…draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and do not waste a minute thinking about your enemies. Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal. Keep your mind on the great and splendid things you would like to do, and then, as the days go gliding away, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing upon the opportunities that are required for the fulfillment of your desire, just as the coral insect takes from the running tide the element it needs. Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transforming you into that particular individual…. Thought is supreme. Preserve a right mental attitude—the attitude of courage, frankness, and good cheer. To think rightly is to create. All things come through desire and every sincere prayer is answered. We become like that on which our hearts are fixed. Carry your chin in and the crown of your head high. We are gods in the chrysalis.”
Word from essayist Elbert Hubbard. Too inspiring to not be shared.