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1 "Freedom from fear lets us say yes to life. When we have seen past the shadow, everything can be perceived as grace." Shadows of the Sacred: Seeing Through Spiritual Illusions (Frances Vaughan, Ph.D.)

2 "The way out of fear is simple. It is to remember – remember what it is you want to feel, what you want to have running through your mind, your emotions and your body. From that level the choices become very simple. Choose what you can do to let those around you sense their innocence, their purity and their beauty, and those very things will grow in you." Reflections of an Elder Brother: Awakening from the Dream (Mary-Margaret Moore)

3 "Wherever there is other, there is fear." The Upanishads The Atman Project (Ken Wilber)

4 "Perfect love casts out fear. Perfect love is right within you, ready to be sent forth in ever-widening circles. Learn how to release that perfect love within that casts out fear." Drawing the Larger Circle, How to Love and Be Loved (Jack and Cornelia Addington)

5 "The terrors of the world are the chrysalis of Self-discovery. We emerge from the necessary far country of ignorance and its anguish, to rediscover the Child within and 'return' to the Father's house." The Child Within Us Lives!, A Synthesis of Science, Religion and Metaphysics (William Samuel)

6 "We must become accustomed to cultivate fearlessness; a fearlessness that prepares us to face everything we encounter, and to come to terms with whatever the future might bring." Lectures on the I Ching: Constancy and Change (Richard Wilhelm)

7 "Truly, when a person discovers a foundation of fearlessness in the Self, in that which is invisible, formless, unlimited, and self-sufficient, then has he found true fearlessness." Taitiriya Upanishad The Upanishads, selections translated by Alistair Shearer and Peter Russell (Alistair Shearer and Peter Russell, translators)

8 "Fear makes people slaves. Love sets them free." Thomas Aquinas, Sermo, p. 97 Sheer Joy, Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality (Matthew Fox)

9 "Living in fear is like being frozen. It's said that the Buddha taught love – particularly 'metta', loving-kindness – as antidote to fear." Sharon Salzberg, Buddhist teacher, 'The Power of Loving-Kindness' Handbook for the Heart, Original Writings on Love (Richard Carlson and Benjamin Shield, editors)

10 "When fear is expressed, we recognize it as anger, abuse, disease, pain, greed, addiction, selfishness, obsession, corruption, violence, and war." A Return to Love, Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles (Marianne Williamson)

11 "Still, the offer to love instead of fear remains. We can choose again, at any moment." Everyday Grace, Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles (Marianne Williamson)

12 "Only absorption in the loving and knowing of the divine Ground can rid it [the mind] of all fear." The Perennial Philosophy (Aldous Huxley)

13 "Love is the true antithesis of fear. It expands where fear constricts. It embraces where fear repels." Dancing in the Flames, The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness (Marion Woodman and Elinor Dickson)

14 "Fear is the mind-killer. I will not give in to it." Frank Herbert, 'Dune' The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion (Wayne Teasdale)

15 "As you begin to realize that God is lovingly in charge of your life, you may also understand that there is really nothing to fear." Worldwide Laws of Life: 200 Eternal Spiritual Principles (John Marks Templeton)

16 "Love is wholly without illusion, and therefore wholly without fear." A Course in Miracles (Helen Schucman and William Thetford)

17 "We must see with total clarity that what is not love is fear. And we must understand that every negative emotion therefore derives from fear." Everyday Grace, Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles (Marianne Williamson)

18 "Fear is due to one's absorption in illusory energy, but when one is free from illusory energy...then he has nothing to fear." Bhagavad-Gita As It Is (A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

19 "Through all the contraries of phenomenality the Uncreate-Imperishable remains, and there is nothing to fear." Hero With A Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)

20 "Fear is the direct result of error….fear and similar feelings are only the accompanying phemonena of the progress of man to freedom." An Outline of Occult Science (Rudolf Steiner)

21 "Fear of a thing prevents us from seeing it properly." How To Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation (Rudolf Steiner)

22 "Memorise and use at all times, when swept by illusory fears and needless foreboding, the following formula or prayer: 'Let reality govern my every thought, and truth be the master of my life." A Treatise on White Magic (Alice A. Bailey)

23 "As St. John says, perfect love casts out all fear. (1 John 4:18)" Spiritual Canticle (St. John of the Cross)

24 "What's there to be afraid of when you're part of everything? That makes fear being afraid of yourself." Duncton Found (William Horwood)

25 "Ancient spiritual teachings say that wherever there is other, there is fear." Shadows of the Sacred: Seeing Through Spiritual Illusions (Frances Vaughan, Ph.D.)

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite