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My small experience in the conquest of fear can be condensed into these four words: Calmly resting! quiet trust! That amid the turmoil of the time and the feverishness of our days it is always easy I do not pretend. Still less do I pretend that I accomplish it. I have said, a few lines above, that I tried. Trying is as far as I have gone; but even trying is productive of wonderful results.

Basil King

Victory becomes, to some degree, a state of mind. Knowing ourselves superior to the anxieties, troubles, and worries which obsess us, we are superior to them.

Basil King

Go at it boldly, and you'll find unexpected forces closing round you and coming to your aid.

Basil King

Basil King

Basil King

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Born: February 26, 1859

Died: June 22, 1928 (aged 69)

Bio: William Benjamin Basil King was a Canadian-born clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented.

Known for:

The conquest of fear (1921)
The Inner Shrine (1909)
The Wild Olive (1910)
The Spoken Word
The Street Called Straight (1912)

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