*
Fear
defeats more people than any other one thing in
the world.
-- Ralph
Waldo Emerson
*
Do
not anticipate trouble, or worry about what
may never happen.
-- Benjamin
Franklin
Do
not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue
to reach out.
-- Benjamin
Franklin
*
'Freedom
from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy
of human rights.
-- Dag
Hammarskjöld
*
Though
we all have the fear and the seeds of anger
within us, we must learn not to water those
seeds and instead nourish our positive qualities
– those of compassion, understanding, and loving
kindness.
-- Thich Nhat Hanh
“In
order to rally people, governments need enemies.
They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will
rally behind them. And if they do not have a
real enemy, they will invent one in order to
mobilize us.”
-- Thich Nhat Hanh
"We
often think of peace as the absence of war; that
if the powerful countries would reduce their arsenals,
we could have peace. But if we look deeply into
the weapons, we see our own minds - our prejudices,
fears, and ignorance. Even if we transported all
the bombs to the moon, the roots of war and the
reasons for bombs would still be here, in our
hearts and minds, and sooner or later we would
make new bombs. Seek to become more aware of what
causes anger and separation, and what overcomes
them. Root out the violence in your life, and
learn to live compassionately and mindfully."
--
Thich Nhat Hanh
*
Peace
is more than just absence of war. It is rather
a state in which no people of any country, in
fact no group of people of any kind live in fear
or in need.
-- Poul Hartling
The
greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually
fearing you will make one.
-- Elbert Hubbard
The
way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up
in something that you forget to be afraid.
-- Lady Bird Johnson
"With
our technologies--ones of incalcuable power: earth-restoring,
planet preserving--we can rediscover an intimacy,
a mutuality with the natural world, that is not primitive
(though based in part on fear), but knowing. It might
even be possible to relearn a life of awe. And inhabit
the landscape without violation. With the least violation."
~ Janet Kauffman
*
"
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let
us never fear to negotiate
-- John
F. Kennedy
*
"
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let
us never fear to negotiate
-- John
F. Kennedy
*
"We
have ancient habits to deal with, vast structures
of power, indescribably complicated problems
to solve. But unless we abdicate our humanity
altogether and succumb to fear and impotence
in the presence of the weapons we have ourselves
created, it is as possible and as urgent to
put an end to war and violence between nations
as it is to put an end to poverty and racial
injustice."
-- Martin Luther
King Jr (1929-1968)
If
we could raise one generation with unconditional love,
there would be no Hitlers…Mankind's greatest gift,
also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice.
We can make our choices built from love or from fear.
--Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
*
Fear
is not the natural state of civilized man.
-- Aung San Suu
Kyi
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