Fear Quotes

"The fear of failure is often greater than the failure itself."

"What appears as laziness is often fear masquerading as apathy."

"Fear is not something to be conquered, but to be understood."

"Fear of breakdown in the present is the fear of a breakdown that has already happened."

"Anxiety is the price we pay for civilization."

"We fear not what we understand, but what remains mysterious."

"The deepest fears often concern our own inadequacy, not external dangers."

"The fear of death diminishes when we understand our participation in cycles larger than ourselves."

"We often become what we fear most when we deny our fears."

"Anxiety tells us we are living in accordance with someone else's values."

"Our defenses are creative attempts to protect ourselves from what we fear most."

"Our greatest fear is often that we are not good enough to be loved as we are."

"Anxiety often indicates that the protective frame around us has been threatened."

"Fear of breakdown may be a fear of something that has already happened."

"Fear of the other is learned, not natural"

"The fear of death reflects the loss of faith in transcendent meaning."

"Fear invites that which one fears."

"We fear what we cannot classify."

"Fear of contagion reflects fear of social disorder."

"What we fear most is the loss of our categories."

"What is marginal is dangerous."

"We fear what threatens our sense of order."

"Every society fears its own dissolution."

"We fear the loss of our frameworks for understanding."

"Fear of difference is the root of all persecution."

"Fear teaches us what we value most."

"We fear what we cannot classify or predict."

"Strangers are dangerous because they exist outside our systems of classification."

"Fear is the mind-killer of creativity"

"Fear is the mind's response to unknown patterns"