Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

Pema Chödrön

Lao-tze's Taoism is the exhibition of a way or method of living which men should cultivate as the highest and purest development of their nature.

James Legge

We are terrified by the idea of being terrified.

Friedrich Nietzsche

It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.

Colson Whitehead

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure but to avoid pain.

Aristotle

Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die.

Forrest Church