Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!

Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.
- Topic: Fear
- Location: Costa Maya, Mexico
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
More Quotes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
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More on Fear
To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide.
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
I must be a mermaid, I have no fear of depths, and a great fear of shallow living.
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
