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