If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear.
Ivo AndrićStichwörter: fear world signs-near-the-travel-road
One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.
Ivo Andrić...we, and I mean humans, are meaning makers. We do not discover the meanings of mysterious things, we invent them. We make meanings because meaninglessness terrifies us above all things. More than snakes, even. More than falling, or the dark. We trick ourselves into seeing meanings in things, when in fact all we are doing is grafting our meanings onto the universe to comfort ourselves. We gild the chaos of the universe with our symbols. To admit that something is meaningless is just like falling backward into darkness." (p184)
Benjamin HaleI make a joke of it, but... but I'm afraid of death." He straightened up and turned to look into Joseph's eyes. Joseph saw the fear there and was shocked by the intensity of it. "Are you afraid to die, Joseph?"
Joseph considered for a moment, then shook his head. "I'm not afraid to now, but then I'm not dying now. When I come to that moment, I will probably be... what's the right word? Maybe frightened in a way that you're frightened when an experience lies before you you've never had.
"No more than that?"
"I hope not.
Stichwörter: fear death afterlife death-and-dying dying
Charles de Foucauld, the found of the Little Brothers of Jesus, wrote a single sentence that's ahad a profound impact on my life. He said, "The one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything." Never to be afraid of anything, even death, which, after all, is but that final breakthrough into the open, waiting, outstretched arms of Abba.
Brennan ManningStichwörter: fear god death jesus
Ignorance is the parent of fear.
Herman MelvilleStichwörter: fear education ignorance
Our biggest fear is not in expressing the truth but that we will be attacked or belittled because of our truth.
Kelli WilsonStichwörter: fear truth-telling
Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.
Jack LemmonStichwörter: fear failure jack-lemmon
Stichwörter: fear life love world rent
В детстве Корнелий читал о страхе птицы, которую после неволи выпускают из окна. Открывшийся мир кажется ей жутко громадным и полным угроз. Она рвётся назад - в комнату, в привычную клетку!..
Vladislav Krapivin« erste vorherige
Seite 55 von 191.
nächste letzte »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.