You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You are just naked. You put yourself in harm's way and you lay down all your defenses. No clothes, no weapons. Nowhere to hide. Completely vulnerable. The only thing that makes it tolerable is to believe that the other person loves you back...

I was going through the hardest thing, also the greatest thing, for any human being to do; to accept that which is already within you, and around you.

Commit to loving yourself completely. It's the most radical thing you will do in our lifetime.

You change your life when you start doing the truly scary thing, which is showing up exactly as you are.

I feel something troubling inside of me which scares me, an exhausting violence. But I accept the great adventure of being me.

Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities. The idea that you can do anything is absolutely terrifying.

In the end, what we fear will not go away, for it indicates what we must go through in order to awaken, become more genuine, and live more fully. The problem is that we tend to be most afraid of what our own souls require of us. Often our deepest fear is that we might become who we are intended to be, who we already are at our core. For becoming who we truly are requires the greatest amount of change.

When you accept yourself, the whole world accepts you.

The thing I fear most is fear.

The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.

though I was afraid of many things, the thing I feared most mortally was being afraid. I

Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes.

Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that's the one that is going to require the most from you.

There is nothing more liberating than having your worst fear realized.