Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
Andr Gide.
“Those who have eyesdo not know their happiness.”
“The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.”
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore”
“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”
“The color of truth is grey.”
“A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.”
“Cowards make the best torturers. Cowards understand fear and they can use it.”
“Fear has no brains it is an idiot. The dismal witness that it bears and the cowardly counsel that it whispers are unrelated. ”
“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”
“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”
“Fear is all in the mind”
“Ridicule is the best test of truth.”
“Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions.”
“Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away.”