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Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.

Aleister Crowley

Critic · English · 1875 – 1947

We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.

Rene Magritte

Artist · Belgian · 1898 – 1967

We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

Robert Trout

Journalist · American · 1909 – 2000

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.

Patrick J. Kennedy

Politician · American · b. 1967

Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.

Daniel H. Hill

Soldier · American · 1821 – 1889

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

John C. Maxwell

Clergyman · American

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Umberto Eco

Novelist · Italian · b. 1932

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

Henry Miller

Author · American · 1891 – 1980

As for sacred polyphony, there is no reason to be afraid of it.

Richard Morris

Clergyman · English · 1833 – 1894

But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid.

Arianna Huffington

Journalist · American · b. 1950

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

Sidney Hook

Philosopher · American · 1902 – 1989

He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.

Matthew Henry

Clergyman · English · 1662 – 1714

The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.

Lyndon B. Johnson

President · American · 1908 – 1973

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

Jules Renard

Dramatist · French · 1864 – 1910

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

Francis of Assisi

Saint · Italian

I fear it's because religion is man's attempt to reach God, and when he feels he has succeeded, he cannot abide anyone else's claim to have done the same.

Jerry B. Jenkins

Novelist · American · b. 1949

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Alexander Pope

Poet · English · 1688 – 1744

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.

Margaret Mead

Scientist · American · 1901 – 1978

Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to worship.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Novelist · Russian · 1821 – 1881

Let your hope of heaven master your fear of death.

William Gurnall

Author · English

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

Elbert Hubbard

Writer · American · 1859 – 1915

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

A. J. P. Taylor

Historian · British · 1906 – 1990

Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.

Gregory Bateson

Scientist · British · 1904 – 1980

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

Abraham Maslow

Psychologist · American · 1908 – 1970

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.

Steve Irwin

Scientist · Australian · 1962 – 2006

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

Aristotle

Philosopher · Greek

We are a nation of people who are afraid we are not enough.

Keith Miller

Author · American · b. 1927

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Alan Watts

Philosopher · English · 1915 – 1973

Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time.

Warren Buffett

Businessman · American · b. 1930

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.

Natan Sharansky

Writer · Russian · b. 1948

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

Nadine Gordimer

Novelist · South African · b. 1923

Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement.

Gerald Jampolsky

Psychologist · American

Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.

Peter McWilliams

Writer · American · 1949 – 2000

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

President · American · 1882 – 1945

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Herman Melville

Novelist · American · 1819 – 1891

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

Napolean Hill

Author · American · 1883 – 1970

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Buddha

Leader

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

Julius Caesar

Leader · Roman

I played in a movie called Ring of Fear with Clyde Beatty and Pat O'Brien.

Mickey Spillane

Author · American · 1918 – 2006

Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is.

Clifford Geertz

Scientist · American · 1926 – 2006

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.

William Lyon Phelps

Educator · American · 1865 – 1943

TO fear God, is one of the first and greatest Duties of his rational Creatures.

Charles Inglis

Clergyman · Canadian

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.

Virgil

Poet

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

Paulo Coelho

Novelist · Brazilian · b. 1947

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

Chanakya

Politician · Indian

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

Francois Rabelais

Clergyman · French · d. 1553

You accumulate political capital to spend it on noble causes for Canada. If you're afraid to spend your capital, you shouldn't be there.

Brian Mulroney

Statesman · Canadian · b. 1939

Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.

John Buchan

Politician · Scottish · 1875 – 1940

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