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The thing that stops us and, when faced, the thing that frees us. Both sides explored here.
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"Fear of the unknown prevents cultural progress."Alfred Kroeber
"Fear of difference prevents cultural understanding."Alfred Kroeber
"Pollution fears reflect deeper anxieties about social boundaries."Mary Douglas
"The stranger is dangerous because they fall outside our categorical frameworks."Mary Douglas
"Danger is a label we apply to things that threaten our sense of order."Mary Douglas
"Fear is the mind's response to pattern disruption."Gregory Bateson
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear."Margaret Mead
"We have constructed a world in which we are increasingly afraid of each other."Margaret Mead
"Fear is the prison of the soul."Oswald Spengler
"Fear paralyzes the weak."Oswald Spengler
"Fear is the failure to see the larger pattern."Gregory Bateson
"Fear of the unknown often masks fear of what we might discover about ourselves."Bronislaw Malinowski
"Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create."Arnold Toynbee
"Fear of the unknown can be overcome through education and cultural exchange."A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
"Fear is conquered through faith and understanding."Christopher Dawson
"Fear diminishes with understanding and action."Christopher Dawson
"Fear is the ancestor of violence; understanding fear prevents conflict."Margaret Mead
"We are living in the shadow of a fear so great that it paralyzes thought."Margaret Mead
"Fear is useful only when it motivates us to prepare."Margaret Mead
"Fear often masks our greatest opportunities for growth and discovery."Bronislaw Malinowski
"The man who fears change has already surrendered to it."Oswald Spengler
"The greatest danger lies not in what we fear, but in what we fail to fear."Oswald Spengler
"Fear teaches us what we truly value."Jacques Le Goff
"Fear is the mind's way of protecting us."Jacques Le Goff
"Fear reveals what we love most."Jacques Le Goff
"It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear can tend to act, in the long run, to unify and strengthen community life."Margaret Mead
"Fear is the enemy of progress and understanding."Marc Bloch
"Fear is the currency of control."Oswald Spengler
"The mind of medieval man was structured by faith and fear alike."Jacques Le Goff
"Fear is the greatest enemy within."Fernand Braudel