My small experience in the conquest of fear can be condensed into these four words: Calmly resting! quiet trust! That amid the turmoil of the time and the feverishness of our days it is always easy I do not pretend. Still less do I pretend that I accomplish it. I have said, a few lines above, that I tried. Trying is as far as I have gone; but even trying is productive of wonderful results." - Meaning and context.">
Chapter VIII : The Fear Of Death And Abundance Of Life, § V
“

My small experience in the conquest of fear can be condensed into these four words: Calmly resting! quiet trust! That amid the turmoil of the time and the feverishness of our days it is always easy I do not pretend. Still less do I pretend that I accomplish it. I have said, a few lines above, that I tried. Trying is as far as I have gone; but even trying is productive of wonderful results.

— Basil King

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "My small experience in the conquest of fear can be condensed into these four words: Calmly resting! quiet trust! That amid the turmoil of the time and the feverishness of our days it is always easy I do not pretend. Still less do I pretend that I accomplish it. I have said, a few lines above, that I tried. Trying is as far as I have gone; but even trying is productive of wonderful results." in the context of "Chapter VIII : The Fear Of Death And Abundance Of Life, § V" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Basil King" (Quotes, The Conquest of Fear (1921)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Basil King

About Basil King

William Benjamin Basil King (February 26, 1859 – June 22, 1928) was a Canadian-born clergyman and author.