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“Death is not the enemy living in constant fear of it is.”
“I may be compelled to face danger but never fear it and while our soldiers can stand and fight I can stand and feed and nurse them.”
“I have not ceased being fearful but I have ceased to let fear control me.”
“Nothing puzzles me more than time and space yet nothing troubles me less.”
“Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing and the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.”
“When I lie down I say When shall I arise and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.”
“If I had a formula for bypassing trouble I wouldn't pass it around. Wouldn't be doing anybody a favour. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don't say embrace trouble. That's as bad as treati...”
“Trouble is a part of your life and if you don't share it you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.”
“We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck and ask anyone the house is never burgled and the ship never goes down.”
“Neurotic means he is not as sensible as I am and psychotic means he's even worse than my brother-in-law.”