"Bravery is the choice to show up and listen to another person, be it a loved one or perceived foe, even when it is uncomfortable, painful, or the last thing you want to do."
- Alaric Hutchinson
"Ignorance is avoiding that which stands in front of me out of the misplaced hope that it will put what I’m ignoring behind me. Instead, it’s most certain to drop it on top of me."
- Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach."
- Paulo Coelho
"A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment."
- B.F. Skinner
"To ‘pretend’ is to say that I’m willing to waste the precious energy that it takes to pretend, and I’m unwilling to cultivate the bravery that it takes to be real. And I am at a complete loss to prete..."
"Have we ever thought that being lost is our destination?"
"I spend a tremendous amount of time carefully choosing the roles I wish to play so that I can run from the role I was born to play. And if I keep on doing that, I will eventually set foot in my grave ..."
"If you pay attention, you may find that it is not fear that stops you from doing the brave and true thing in your daily life. Rather, the problem is avoidance. You want to feel comfortable, so you avo..."
- Harriet Lerner
"The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest risk of all."
"Mediocrity is a path cleared by fear, leveled by apathy and paved by comfort."