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.

—Publilius Syrus

About Publilius Syrus

Publilius Syrus (fl. 85–43 BC) was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Roman Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy. Syrus was brought to Rome on the same ship that brought a certain Manilius Antiochus, astronomer, and Staberius Eros the...

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The secret of joy in work is contained in one word—excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

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As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

—Publilius Syrus

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

—Publilius Syrus

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

—Publilius Syrus

When yu' can't have why you choose, yu' just choose what you have.

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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

—Peter McWilliams

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

—Michael Pritchard

Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings in our life.

—Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us? How dare we let it into our decision making; into our livelihoods; into our relationships? It's funny isn't it? We take a day a year to dress up, in costume and celebrate fear.

—John F. Kennedy

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

—George Sewell

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