An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Its better to burn out than fade away.
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
People living deeply have no fear of death.
It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.
Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.
All we have to fear is fear itself.
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
We should never negotiate out of fear, but we should never fear to negotiate.
Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
