“There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.”

“When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.”

“Fear, he said, ran all of our lives. Fear, he said, after religion, was the most destructive force in the world.”

“Pain is the feeling. Suffering is the effect the pain inflicts. If one can endure pain, one can live without suffering. If one can withstand pain, one can withstand anything. If one can learn to control pain, one can learn to control oneself. ”

“And loss of control is always the source of fear. It is also, however, always the source of change.”

“Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”

“All of us know, whether or not we are able to admit it, that mirrors can only lie, that death by drowning is all that awaits one there. It is for this reason that love is so desperately sought and so cunningly avoided. Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”