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06d6709 There is no illusion greater than fear. inspirational overcoming-fear Lao Tzu, Tao Teh Ching
9c7b76e Closing the gate on her oldest fears as she had closed the gate of her own fenced yard, she discovered the wings she'd always wished she had. overcoming-fear Natalie Babbitt
2c42f9e On either side of a potentially violent conflict, an opportunity exists to exercise compassion and diminish fear based on recognition of each other's humanity. Without such recognition, fear fueled by uninformed assumptions, cultural prejudice, desperation to meet basic human needs, or the panicked uncertainty of the moment explodes into violence. antiracism assumptions charter-for-compassion compassion compassion-action-network compassion-heals-lives cultural-differences cultural-diversity desperation fear global-community humanity militarization military-conflict nonviolence nonviolent-conflict-resolution opportunity-quotes overcoming-fear panic peacism polarization police-reform police-shootings political-philosophy prejudice slpendid-literarium stop-killing-each-other terrorism terrorists trust uncertainty waging-peace war xenophobia Aberjhani
016ebc2 "Fear is the original sin," suddenly said a still, small voice away back--back--back of Valancy's consciousness. "Almost all the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something." Valancy stood up. She was still in the clutches of fear, but her soul was her own again. She would not be false to that inner voice." fear overcoming-fear sin L.M. Montgomery
27dacce He was a pitiful thing. He had always been a pitiful thing. Why had she never seen that before? There was a hollow place inside her where her fear had been. abuse-survivors escaping-abuse game-of-thrones overcoming-fear self-reliance self-worth strength George R.R. Martin