«Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.»

Bertrand Russell*

* (Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales 18-May-1872 / Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales 2-Feb-1970).
British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, social critic and political activist. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had never been any of these in any profound sense.