Sharansky Fear Quotes & Sayings

Why must ignorance be destroyed? Because it is the number one destroyer of the people of God — Sunday Adelaja

Maybe the less pain we inflict on our bodies, the more beautiful our bodies will look to us — Naomi Wolf

Dissident Natan Sharansky writes that there are two kinds of states
"fear societies" and "free societies," two kinds of consciousness. The consciousness derived of oppression is despairing, fatalistic, and fearful of inquiry. It is mistrustful of the self and forced to trust external authority. It is premised on a dearth of self-respect. It is cramped.
In contrast, the consciousness of freedom is one of expansiveness, trust of the self, and hope. It is a consciousness of limitless inquiry. It builds up in a citizen a wealth of self-respect. — Naomi Wolf

And the stories we tell ourselves are not the only stories. — Erica Lorraine Scheidt

At any point in time, the first thing to consider is, what could you possibly do, where you are, with the tools you have? — David Allen

I will keep you safe, he murmured. He meant it. As long as he was safe, she was safe. But how long would he remain safe? — Sherry Thomas

My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society. — Natan Sharansky

Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel. — Natan Sharansky

When a man is afraid and accedes to fear, he will always find arguments to justify his own surrender. — Natan Sharansky

Heh heh heh heh heh. — Richard Roberts

I thank the Father that His Only Begotten Son did not say in defiant protest at Calvary, "My body is my own!" I stand in admiration of women today who resist the "fashion of abortion, by refusing to make the sacred womb a tomb!" — Neal A. Maxwell

Every age, after all, must have its own aisling and dream of a better, kinder, happier, shared world. — Michael D. Higgins

Every golfer can expect to have four bad shots in a round and when you do, just put them out of your mind. This, of course is hard to do when you've had them and you're not even off the first tee. — Walter Hagen

I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society. — Natan Sharansky

People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent. — Natan Sharansky

A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm? If he can, then that person is living in a free society. If not, it's a fear society. — Natan Sharansky

Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society. — Natan Sharansky

The mind is the sacred centre of all attraction. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned. — Natan Sharansky

There is a saying that Heaven is internal, humanity external and Virtue comes from the Heavenly. Know Heaven and humanity's actions, root yourself in Heaven and follow Virture.Then you can bend, stretch, rush forward or hold back, because you will always return to the core and it will be said you have achieved the supreme. — Zhuangzi

Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society. — Natan Sharansky

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth. — Barry White

When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom. — Natan Sharansky

Hoodwink is a product of his environment. He grew up in Belfast, he was part of the UDA and he fought for what he believed in - or was brainwashed into believing - because of the people that surrounded him. — Andy Serkis

I remember growing up and hearing the word "ugly" a lot. "I'm ugly." "She ugly." "He ugly." I hated it then, and I hate it now. I go past physical beauty; I tell people they have a beautiful spirit and that is something different. — Jamel Shabazz