Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.
While we rejoice in the new possibilities open to humanity, we also see the dangers arising from these possibilities, and we must ask ourselves how we can overcome them.
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.