The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.

Great is he, who conquers the frightful. Sublime is he, who, while succumbing to it, fears it not.

Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.

Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.

No man on earth is truly free. All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide.

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.