Who said "Courage is not the absence of fear, but its mastery."?

This quote is attributed to Merovingian.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but its mastery. - Merovingian

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but its mastery."

Merovingian Courage

"The purpose of a system is what it does."

"Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without."

"You see, I am a trafficker of information. I know things."

"But what is the Matrix but a system, yes? And all systems have rules."

"Never let fear stop you from chasing your dreams."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Sometimes you have to be the monster to stop the monsters."