“But he has no fear; unconquered he looks down from a lofty height upon his sufferings.”
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXXV: On Some Vain Syllogisms
“He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.”
Book III, Ch. 13
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Context: Manuel gave it up, and shrugged. Well, let us conquer as we may, so that God be on our side.
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“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.”
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 130 <!-- also p. 156 -->
Context: Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.