Everything I need is in my head, and no one can take that away.

Don't you ever get scared?" I ask. "Of what?" She says. "Of not being good enough." "You mean at writing?" L'il asks. I nod. "What if I'm the only one who thinks I can do it and no one else does? What if I'm fooling myself-" "Oh, Carrie." She smiles. "Don't you know that every writer feels that way? Fear is part of the job.

In any case, we do not advance the human cause by refusing to consider ideas that make us frightened.

Polybius:     Since the masses of the people are inconstant, full of unruly desires, passionate, and reckless of consequences, they must be filled with fears to keep them in order. The ancients did well, therefore, to invent gods, and the belief in punishment after death.

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The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source.

Fear gives life to anger. You don't have peace when fear is there, so it becomes the soil on which anger can grow. Fear is based on ignorance, and this lack of understanding is also a primary cause of anger.

He that fears death loses the joys of life.

Actually, I don't hate cats, I'm just kind of afraid of them.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

It can be very lonely knowing that you have things to say but you daren't say them. Knowing that you could contribute to something but you don't dare quite do it.

Realists do not fear the results of their study.