The fear of criticism is at the bottom of the destruction of most ideas which never reach the planning and action stage.
Could any death be so horrible as birth? Or any decrepitude so awful as childhood in a happy united God-fearing family?
I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
A coward dies a thousand deaths... a soldier dies but once.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone.
Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is pass'd in sleep.
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.
For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.
If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?
You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
We should never negotiate out of fear, but we should never fear to negotiate.
Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.