“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”

“The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.”

“Is not the beautiful moon, that inspires poets, the same moon which angers the silence of the sea with a terrible roar?”

“Though wise men at their end know dark is right,Because their words had forked no lightning theyDo not go gentle into that good night.”

“The three most harmful negative emotions are anger, guilt, and fear. And anger is number one. It is also the strongest and most dangerous of all passions.”

“I rememeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he told me, 'is ignorance made visible.' 'And do Men despise ignorance?' I asked. 'No,' he said, 'they prize it above all things--all things!--but only so long as it remains invisible.”