The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth
that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the
divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls --
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Keep
your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others. -- Robert
Louis Stevenson
Courage,
it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune,
fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows
is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding;
and that there is always tomorrow. -- Dorothy Thompson
Fear
grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.
-- Dorothy Thompson
There
is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent
refusal to analyze the causes of happenings. -- Dorothy Thompson
Only
when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. -- Dorothy Thompson
When I hear
music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the
earliest times, and to the latest. -- Henry
David Thoreau
'Refugees
are defined as persons who are outside their country and cannot return owing to
a well-founded fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality,
political opinion or membership of a particular social group.' ~ United Nations,
1951
“Take
heart again; put your dismal fears away. One day, who knows? Even these hardships
will be grand things to look back on.” -- Virgil
"For
in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle;
and one faces down fears of today so that those
of tomorrow might be engaged.
~Alice
Walker
*
Love
is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn.
The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear
and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in
our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our
purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it,
to experience love in ourselves and others, is the
meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things.
Meaning lies in us.
-- Marianne
Williamson
*
Love
is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn.
The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear
and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in
our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our
purpose on earth.
-- Marianne
Williamson
"Chinese and Tibetan
dissidents are either locked up in prison, forced into hiding, or silenced by
fear of police retaliation against their families. All the happiness about China's
economic growth has made many Americans forget that police clubs and guns and
the Laogai system keep the Communist Party in power. Moreover, it is still little
recognized how American resources help to sustain that power through trade, investments,
and the transfer of technology... It is only when the Laogai is abolished in China
that real change will come about." -- Harry
Wu
Superstition
is born of ignorance and fear, and thrives the most when reason is asleep.
-- Zarathushtra
*
The
strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability
to paralyze the functioning of a complex social
structure-these remain potent weapons against the
most fearsome state or corporate power.
-- Howard
Zinn
