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“I'm afraid of taking steps that are not on the map, but by taking those steps despite my fears, I have a much more interesting life.”

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Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho, born on August 24, 1947, is a renowned Brazilian author and lyricist. His works are characterized by profound philosophical thoughts and rich imagination, with his most famous novel being 'The Alchemist'. more

“The psychological condition of fear is divorced from any concrete and true immediate danger. It comes in many forms: unease, worry, anxiety, nervousness, tension, dread, phobia, and so on. This kind of psychological fear is always of something that might happen, not of something that is happening now.”

Kind Might Happens Form Fear Worry Conditions Danger Anxiety Happenings Psychological Tension Concrete Dread Divorced Power Of Now Phobia Nervousness

Book:The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

“In a true zero-defects approach, there are no unimportant items.”

Approach Zero Defects Items Unimportant Zero Defects

Author:Phil Crosby

“Fear was given to man as a cautionary device to spare him pain; it is not mean to be cultivated and abused.”

Men Mean Pain Given Fear Devices Spares

Author:Paramahansa Yogananda

“They were nice enough people and all, but there wasn't much love in them. Because they were too busy being afraid. Love didn't grow very well in a place where there was only fear, just as plants didn't grow very well in a place where it was always dark.”

People Wells Enough Grows Fear Dark Nice Plant Busy Too Busy Being Afraid Much Love

Book:The Stand

Source: The Stand

“Unless we know people well, we sit around with our words and our minds starched, afraid of being ourselves for fear of wrinkling them.”

People Knows Mind Wells Fear Our Words

Book:What Makes Sammy Run?

Source: What Makes Sammy Run?

“Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear, and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom.”

Knows Men Suffering Fear Emotion Divine Stones Altars Homage

Book:Their Eyes Were Watching God

Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God

“Fear is stronger than arms.”

Fear Arms Stronger

Book:The complete Greek tragedies

Source: The complete Greek tragedies

“The hijacking of an American jet in Athens looms larger in our concern than the parent who kills a child, even though the one happens rarely, and the other happens daily.”

Children Happens Fear Parent Concern Jet Athens Hijacking

Book:The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence

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