"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."

"What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?"

"Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?"

"Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers."

"I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person."

"In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure."

"To conquer fear is to realize that the echo of our deeds ripples through eternity."

"Our redemption through the suffering of Christ is that deeper love within us which not only frees us from slavery to sin, but also secures for us the true liberty of the children of God, in order that we might do all things out of love rather than out of fear - love for him that has shown us such grace that no greater can be found."