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Confucius

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

Fear

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Confucius means that if you are honest and have no guilt or bad intentions inside yourself, then you have no reason to be afraid or anxious. Your inner sense of right and wrong protects you from fear because there is nothing hidden or troubling in your conscience.

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