(noticed at grrrl meets world)

Fear, the rational kind, is a critical part of our ability to survive. Sensing real danger and acting appropriately is an instinct that has served our species well throughout the millennia.

But irrational fear is a killer. It throws off our survival compass. It makes us reach for a gun when we hear a noise in the middle of the night (and you end up shooting your wife who was just on her way to the bathroom)....

Fear is so basic and yet so easy to manipulate that it has become both our best friend and our worst enemy.

[from Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore]

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(seen at doc-martens.net)

"The most profoundly creative way to overcome enemies is to make them our friends. But this involves a series of painful acts. A constant decision never to achieve our goals by destroying or humiliating others."

- Dom Paulo Cardinal Arns