I realize that if wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side.

I am listening to what fear teaches. I will never be gone. I am a scar, a report from the frontlines, a talisman, a resurrection, a rough place on the chin of complacency.

And I began to recognize a source of power within myself that comes from the knowledge that while it is most desirable not to be afraid, learning to put fear into a perspective gave me great strength.

I want to write down everything I know about being afraid, but I'd probably never have enough time to write anything else.

Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.

Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps the more precious thing is the courage acquired through endeavor, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as 'grace under pressure'- grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.

Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

To fear to face an issue to believe that the worst is true. --Atlas Shrugged

Francisco could do anything he undertook, he could do it better than anyone else, and he did it without effort. There was no boasting in his manner and consciousness, no thought of comparison. His attitude was not: "I can do it better than you," but simply: "I can do it." What he meant by doing was doing superlatively.

It also meant that whenever a body is not acted on by any force, it will keep on moving in a straight line at the same speed.