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" It is not the thing you fear that you must deal with: it is the mother of the thing you fear. "

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" What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. "

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" We speak continually of saving time, but time in its richness is most often lost to us when we are busy without relief. "

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" Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength. "

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" No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. "

" Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up. "

" My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one's purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one's self. "

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" My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. "

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" My biggest fear is that I'm not good enough. I have this voice in my head that I've been battling for years that says, 'You're not really talented enough. You don't really deserve this.' "

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" Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear. "

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