RISK NOTHING, BE NOTHING

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool;

To weep is to risk appearing sentimental;

To reach out for another is to risk involvement;

To expose feelings is to risk exposing our true self;

To place your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk loss;

To love is to risk not being loved in return;

To live is to risk dying;

To hope is to risk despair;

To try at all is to risk failure;

But to risk we must, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.