A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear knowing what must be done does away with fear.
We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.
The first duty of man is to conquer fear he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.
We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.
Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs.
You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.
I'm not at the point where I'd feel safe in a house alone. I would be really scared. I'm the kind of person that when I get up to go use the bathroom I have this big long hallway, and I just know someone's going to jump out and get me.
This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later.
Hate is the consequence of fear we fear something before we hate it a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.