Famous Quotes

"Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution."

Stanislav Grof on Fear

More quotes about Fear

• "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."

  John F. Kennedy on Fear

• "Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future."

  Audrey Hepburn on Fear

• "I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."

  Thomas Paine on Fear

• "We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict."

  Jim Morrison on Fear

• "What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it."

  Jiddu Krishnamurti on Fear

More quotes by Stanislav Grof

• "Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior."

• "An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type."

• "A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation."

• "There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment."

• "Consciousness after death demonstrates the possibility of consciousness operating independently of the body."