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“The journey I'm taking is inside me. Just like blood travels down veins, what I'm seeing is my inner self and what seems threatening is just the echo of the fear in my heart.”

Book:Kafka on the Shore

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“The moment we realize that we don’t grasp what we know can be a watershed in our lives. The day we start to accept what we already know may perhaps be very bewildering, at first, but anyway, utmost eye-opening. The knowledge that has been barricaded behind ramparts of fear and distrust in our minds can suddenly burst loose. Through this deliverance, we become eventually aware of what we have always known but never dared to recognize. At that instant, the undercover challenge between “knowing and not knowing” can finally be settled. “To know, or not to know, that is the question!” (“"Wrong time. Wrong place"”)”

Fear Knowledge Distrust Know Bewildering Wrong Time Wrong Place Rampart

Author:Erik Pevernagie

“Fear can be a source of facial discrimination because faces, which we are not used to, can be frightening, deviant or weird. Since the human brain permanently processes countenances, it identifies who is who, who is foe, who is friend, and who could constitute an imminent danger. Only, when the mind has become accustomed to the various facial types, people might drop their prejudices and their fear. (- "Ugly mug offense" )”

Mind Fear Danger Human Brain Countenance Prejudices Deviant Facial Discrimination Uggly Mug

Author:Erik Pevernagie

“We need not be afraid of learning to know ourselves, fearing it would come down to disappointment. Remaining humble allows us to have compassion for ourselves for not being perfect. If we stay lucid and grounded, we steer clear of the steep cliffs of delusional self-importance or arrogance.( "I am on my own side, but I can listen" )”

Fear Disappointment Humble Arrogance Grounded Self Importance Lucid Know Oneself Compassion For Oneself I Can Listen

Author:Erik Pevernagie

“Fear can be a first-rate stool pigeon, a precious safeguard or a wise counselor. If it overwhelms us, we would do well not to shrink back and sulk, but crystallize our potentials, think forward and objectify our goals. ("One could still feel the smell of fear" )”

Fear Counselor Safeguard Sulk Objectify Crystallize Shrink Back Stool Pigeons Think Forward

Author:Erik Pevernagie

“I rememeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he told me, 'is ignorance made visible.' 'And do Men despise ignorance?' I asked. 'No,' he said, 'they prize it above all things--all things!--but only so long as it remains invisible.”

Fear Dark Ignorance Pg 323

Book:The Judging Eye

Source: The Judging Eye

“Do we really want to be rid of our resentments, our anger, our fear? Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for fear of the unknown. (Narcotics Anonymous Book/page 33)”

Fear Resentment Fear Of Unknown Narcotics Anonymous

Author:Narcotics Anonymous

“I will remember, Your Grace," said Sansa, though she had always heard that love was a surer route to the people's loyalty than fear. If I am ever a queen, I'll make them love me.”

Love Fear Asoiaf Cersei Lannister A Clash Of Kings Sansa Stark Sansa Cersei

Book:A Clash of Kings

Source: A Clash of Kings

“It doesn't sound logical to say that a man is an atheist just because he's probably someone who knows his own God...personally.”

Life God Freedom Atheist Logical Personally

Book:Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

Source: Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

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