| Do not anticipate
trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
-- Benjamin
Franklin Do
not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
-- Benjamin
Franklin
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'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
-- Dag
Hammarskjold |  |
| 
| "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 (b. 1926)
|
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
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
"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
Nothing
To Fear Day - May 27
