Risk must be taken. For the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing, the person who risks nothing, has nothing, does nothing, is nothing. That person may avoid suffering, pain or embarrassment but that individual does not learn, love, change, feel or grow.

If you laugh, you risk a period to be a fool. If you weep, you risk a period to be sentimental. If you reach out for another, you risk rejection. If you love, you risk not being loved in return. If you place your dreams in front of a crowd, you risk ridicule. If you go forward in the face of overwhelming odds, you risk failure. But risk must be taken, for the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing at all.

Only the person who risks is truly free.