Choosing love over fear →
“It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.” - Niccolo Machiavelli
“If I had my choice… I would rather be feared. Fear lasts longer than love.” - Sonny LoSpecchio (A Bronx Tale)
“Fear is the mind killer” - Frank Herbert
I dream to always be able to Choose love over fear and Be loved, not feared.
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Power, courage, love and fear. Love requires the power to recognize fear and act in spite of it. Love generates an authentic expression of courage: “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear” - Mark Twain
When a person chooses to be feared, power tends to be used in order to hide that person’s incapacity to love. Philip Zimbardo gives bullies as an example of people that choose to be feared and the consequences of their choice.
Why do you think that people choose to be feared more often than to be loved?
What are some popular examples that come into your mind when thinking of people that chose to be feared rather than to be loved? How about the other way round?
