There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

If you can feel that Mother Earth is in you, and you are Mother Earth, then you are not any longer afraid to die because the earth is not dying. Like a wave appears and disappears and appears again.

I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.

The thing that I fear discriminating against is humor and truth.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Exceeds man’s might: that dwells with the gods above.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable. As a result, the atmosphere of our home was super-charged with fear because you never knew if what you did would make him mad or not.

Because I believe in God and have faith in God, it doesn’t mean I am immortal. It doesn’t mean I am immune, as has been claimed. I am as scared as anyone of getting hurt, especially driving a Formula One car.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.

I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.

I played a lot of tough clubs in my time. Once a guy in one of those clubs wanted to bet me $10 that I was dead. I was afraid to bet.

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I’m the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

You don’t have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It’s so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.

If you die you’re completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I’m not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I’ve got.

‚Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

I’m not going to change the world. You’re not going to change the world. But we can help – we can all help.

What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

I don’t want to wake up and be bored. That’s probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I’ve been on for a long time and had success with? I don’t plan on giving it up any time soon.

Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, ‚I’m not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.‘ Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, ‚Yes, I deserve it.‘

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it will not be so dreadful as we feared, for, after all, we have nothing to lose.

The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.

With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it.

Logically, harmony must come from the heart… Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest.

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help – and God’s.

Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

In this world filled with challenges, we do need help from time to time. Religion, eternal truth, and our missionaries are vital parts of that help.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

For whatever trauma came with service in tough circumstances, we should take what we learned – take our post-traumatic growth – and, like past generations coming home, bring our sharpened strengths to bear, bring our attitude of gratitude to bear.

One thing I just want to say to the military families – while you might not wear a uniform, I know – we all know, the nation knows – that you serve and sacrifice right alongside of your loved ones. And we are so grateful and proud of all of you for your service to this nation.

Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.