We repress the things we're scared of, but if we just look at and embrace the things we're scared of, it's a much fuller, richer life that's also not as scary.

I'm scared of scary movies.

You can drain the life and nuances and complexity out of things by homogenizing them to make everything harmoniously dull, flat, conflict-free, strife-free.

Sometimes when something scares us or makes us feel uneasy, it’s because we actually believe there is something true about it… Don’t let it drive you away or hide, embrace the feeling and continue to inform yourself to the point you are no longer scared or are put at unease by the subject.

Ghosts are the only ones who never have to feel scared. Because the worst thing in the world has already happened to them.

History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability, anarchy, and confusion. So there can be a moral counter-revolution.