A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it most people aim at it all people fear it and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.

In the company of the accomplished people hope it will rub off on themselves in the company of the misfortunate they fear it!

If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves.

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong who will protect us? If they are not imperfect how can we equal them?

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt is already accomplished.

I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate to fear God that's not religion that's not helping humanity that's organizing an army to defeat somebody.

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.