Fear Quotes
The thing that stops us and, when faced, the thing that frees us. Both sides explored here.
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"I understand that fear is the best teacher, if one survives it."Catherine de Medici
"Fear diminishes when we remember our connection to the eternal."Marsilio Ficino
"Fear is the absence of faith; increase one and the other diminishes."Marsilio Ficino
"To master one's fear is to master one's destiny."Giambattista della Porta
"In fear lies the greatest opportunity for courage."Pico della Mirandola
"To understand power, one must first understand fear."Catherine de Medici
"The most dangerous person is one with nothing to lose."Catherine de Medici
"Fear is often the shadow of ignorance."Giambattista della Porta
"Fear is the prison from which love alone can free us."Marsilio Ficino
"Fear tells us where we have not yet learned to love completely."Marsilio Ficino
"Fear is merely ignorance waiting to be dispelled by understanding."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"Fear is merely ignorance dressed in the clothes of imagination."Giambattista della Porta
"Fear is faith in the wrong thing."Edward Wotton
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."Edward Wotton
"Fear is the prison from which we must escape."Nicodemus Copernicus
"Fear diminishes when faith increases."Girolamo Savonarola
"Those who fear truth are not yet ready for wisdom."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"To transcend fear is to transcend the limitations of ordinary existence."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil."Cosimo de Medici
"Boldness is a mask for fear."Paracelsus
"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears."Paracelsus
"Fear is the echo of dangers we have not yet faced."Edward Wotton
"Fear is the thief of possibility; courage is its liberator."Edward Wotton
"Fear is the tribute tyrants demand from those they cannot convince."Cosimo de Medici
"Do not fear what you do not understand; study it instead."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"What we fear is often what we do not understand."Bernardino Telesio
"The fear that paralyzes us is often smaller than we imagine."Edward Wotton
"The fear of judgment often prevents us from our true calling."Edward Wotton
"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate."Cosimo de Medici
"The man who fears death has not truly lived; he has merely delayed his dying."Girolamo Savonarola