“Fear is the strong passion; it is with fear that you must trifle, if you wish to taste the intensest joys of living.”

“At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.”

“Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment.”

“All pain must be faced and embraced as the true countenance of your beloved All fear must be met and recognized as the thrill of tasting the unknowable All joy must be surrendered and acknowledged as a gift with no giver”

“Fear is always with us: that we are not good enough or strong enough, and so will fail; that we will be hurt. Fear that what we love will be taken from us. Fear of dying, even fear of God, or of no God. But God surprises us by giving us strength to bear what we must; by giving us joy when we think that nothing but sadness is possible.”

“You fear them because you fear death, and rightly: for death is terrible and must be feared,' the mage said...'And life is also a terrible thing,' Ged said, 'and must be feared and praised.”