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To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.
fear
This is why the most dangerous creation of any society is that man who has nothing to lose. You do not need ten such men—one will do.
terrorism rationale
People always seem to band together in accordance to a principle that has nothing to do with love, a principle that releases them from personal responsibility.
simply amazing
To accept one’s past—one’s history—is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it. An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.
Truth, acceptance
One can give nothing whatever without giving oneself—that is to say, risking oneself. If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving.
