Fear Quotes

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