Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

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.

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

An inability to stay quiet . . . is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.

You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

Born, n. a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.