Quotes of: Natural-fear Keyword

vertigo is something other than the fear of falling. It is the voice of emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Vertigo is something else than the fear of falling. It is the voice of emptiness below us which temps and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defense ourselves.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

With a hint of good judgment, to fear nothing, not failure or suffering or even death, indicates that you value life the most. You live to the extreme; you push limits; you spend your time building legacies. Those do not die.

Venus in Arms

…The more enormous our wealth, the more extensive our fears, all our possessions are paled up with new edicts every day, and hung round with gibbets to scare every invader.

The Vicar of Wakefield

When we are prey to our fears, we have to remember that we are giving power to that which does not exist. And remember that the only reality is Unconditional Love: the eternal, immutable state of Being.

We are human angels

Look, fear's not always rational, okay? Anyway, there's a difference between being afraid and being a coward. At least there was one thing I could take comfort in: If you're afraid, you must still be a little human.

The Witch Must Burn

... we shoved out many hopes and fears into their hands, believing those hands were strong because they had firm handshakes. They failed us, always. There was no way they could not fail us - they were human, and so were we.

Warm Bodies

There's looking and there's looking. When some men look at you it's a greasy thing. It makes you want to have a bath. With other men it's nice. It helps you know you're beautiful.

The Wise Man's Fear

I’d heard you were dead.” "I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.

The Wise Man's Fear

It had felt as if I were truly awake for the first time, true knowledge running like ice in my blood. The memory exhilirated me for a moment, then left me with a broken cord of loss.

The Wise Man's Fear

But he'd learned long ago that a life lived without risks pretty much wasn't worth living. Life rewarded courage, even when that first step was taken neck-deep in fear.

Within My Heart

Don't let your background or commitment to your own tradition make you fearful of joining in the adventure the Holy Spirit prepares for you.

Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

To return to our authenticity, we have to let go of all that we are not. We recognize and let go of the judgments, fears, and “shoulds” that keep us stuck.

Wired for Authenticity: Seven Practices to Inspire, Adapt, & Lead

life is first boredom, then fear. whether or not we use it, it goes, and leaves what something hidden from us chose, and age, and then the only end of age.

The Whitsun Weddings and Selected Poems of Philip Larkin

I hated labels anyway. People didn't fit in slots--prostitute, housewife, saint--like sorting the mail. We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals and angles, changeable as water.

White Oleander

A coward's gun is emptied when fear pulls the trigger, and hate is the ammunition of choice.

From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"

If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean of preconceptions and fears. When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you.

The Witch Of Portobello

Think neither fear nor courage saves us. Unnatural vices are fathered by our heroism. Virtues are forced upon us by our impudent crimes. These tears are shaken from the wrath-bearing tree.

The Waste Land and Other Poems

One who seeks to control others is one who suffers from the affliction of fear.

From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"

The coward’s fear of death stems in large part from his incapacity to love anything but his own body. The inability to participate in others’ lives stands in the way of his developing any inner resources sufficient to overcome the terror of death...

War

When it comes to words, rather than using our own voice, authentic and unpracticed, we steal someone else's to shield our fear.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice