I suddenly remember something I've been told about fear. That amid a hail of machine gun fire you notice the existence of your skin.
It’s a hard thing to explain to somebody who hasn’t felt it, but the presence of death and danger has a way of bringing you fully awake. It makes things vivid. When you’re afraid, really afraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world. You make close friends. You become part of a tribe and you share the same blood- you give it together, you take it together.
Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips us, and can train to operate through and in spite of our fear. If, on the other hand, we don't understand that fear is normal and has to be controlled and overcome, it will paralyze us and stop us in our tracks. We will no longer think clearly or analyze rationally. We prepare for it and control it; we never let it control us. It if does, we cannot lead.
Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
Why should he who is scared be careful?
Learn to master yourself-to understand both your fears and your desires. That's the key to magic. Then, no one shall have any hold over you. Remember... the magic (sic)... is a living thing, joined to whomever it touches and changed by them as well... You must come to know everything-even your darkest corners. Especially those...Everything has its price.
Fear is something that can really hold us all back from different things in life. It's important to notice what your fears are and try to conquer them.
Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn it.
Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
I've had a hard life. I smell and sense fear. I didn't get that from Catholic school; I know what fear is.
The adventurous life is not one exempt from fear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge of fears of all kinds, one in which we go forward in spite of our fears.
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.
To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.
Understanding replaces imaginary fears with real ones.
