“Like children in a dark room, like wayfarers passing a graveyard at night, the four men in the canoe filled the surrounding darkness with the fear from their own hearts.”
“The darkness that surrounds us cannot hurt us. It is the darkness in your own heart you should fear.”
“Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.”
“Men fear death as children fear to go into the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other”
“You go through it like a dark room, you sweat, you fear, the fear passes, you come out of it and utter nothing but meaningless words about what you saw or felt.”
“We articulate out fears, like children in the dark, giving them names in order to tame them.”