SO GOOD QUOTES

He was afraid, like children, of a whim, of something
that has no existence.

The child’s mind invents fearful notions, and he becomes afraid of things like darkness, imagining things hidden in it. He may also fear a robber that does not exist in fact, or demons where is none actually. They are whims invented by his frightened heart. The child sometimes fears being alone with no-one protecting him from an unknown danger, so he cries and weeps with no reason except fear.

Such fears may continue with some even when they
grow up.

We find, therefore, some students fear exams and imagine the exams will be difficult, or at least the correction will be hard. Others fear an interview for a job, thinking they would fail!

—H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Fruits of the Spirit