3 quotes from 3 books. Sent weekly.
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—Mark
“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.”
—Unpopular Essays, by Bertrand Russell (1950)
“We promise according to our hopes; we perform according to our fears.”
—Reflections; Or Sentences and Moral Maxims, by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1665)
“I think perfectionism is just fear in fancy shoes and a mink coat, pretending to be elegant when actually it's just terrified. Because underneath that shiny veneer, perfectionism is nothing more that a deep existential angst the says, again and again, 'I am not good enough and I will never be good enough.’”
—Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, by Elizabeth Gilbert (2015)