I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. - Dune, "Litany Against Fear", 1965.
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The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.
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Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.
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Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
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Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
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[It., Sta come torre ferme, che non crolla
Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti.]
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All serious daring starts from within. -Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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And it stings you for your pains;
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And it stings you for your pains;
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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
