When Love Meets Fear Quotes

“The heart itself cannot break, for its very nature is soft and open. What breaks open when we see things as they are is the protective shell of ego identity we have built around ourselves in order to avoid feeling pain. When the heart breaks out of this shell, we feel quite raw and vulnerable. Yet that is also the beginning of feeling real compassion for ourselves and others. —John Welwood Ordinary Magic”
― David Richo, When Love Meets Fear: Becoming Defense-less and Resource-full

“My destiny is to create more consciousness. The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. —Jung”
― David Richo, When Love Meets Fear: Becoming Defense-less and Resource-full

“Just a little progress is freedom from fear.—Bhagavad Gita”
― David Richo, When Love Meets Fear: Becoming Defense-less and Resource-full

“To create a pause between the stimulus and your reaction, add a truth to every defensive answer. For a healthy adult, the truth is the only defense and the best resource.”
― David Richo, When Love Meets Fear: How to Become Defense-Less and Resource-Full: Becoming Defense-less and Resource-full

“A great hope fell You heard no noise The ruin was within Oh cunning wreck that told no tale And let no witness in…. A not admitting of the wound Until it grew so wide That all my life had entered it And there was room beside…”
― David Richo, When Love Meets Fear: Becoming Defense-less and Resource-full

“Ego love is conditioned by fear of having less and desire for having more. Only unconditional love integrates us. Relationships provide the most powerful tools for the dismantling of the illusions of our controlling and entitled egos! Intimacy and love release us from the ego-bound world. A mutuality makes us whole. Love is reciprocal individuation. To let someone love us and to love someone in return is to enter the world where the ego is divested of its arrogance and its fear of losing itself in the embrace of another.”
― David Richo, When Love Meets Fear: How to Become Defense-Less and Resource-Full: Becoming Defense-less and Resource-full