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" I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. "

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" God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him! The charms of the heaven in the bush are superseded, I fear, by the heaven in the hand, occasionally. "

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" Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. "

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" Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones. "

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" Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. "

" The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear. "

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" Columbine was so frightening. And the media took off with it, like everything else, so it instilled more fear in people. You're looking around at school for kids like the ones who committed the shootings, and you feel wrong for doing that, you know? "

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" You can compel fear. You can even make someone feel they're in love if they're isolated and dependent for long enough. But laughter is free. "

" Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from. "

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" There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear. "

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" Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear. "

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" I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem. "

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" You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge. "

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