Fear Quotes
The thing that stops us and, when faced, the thing that frees us. Both sides explored here.
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"Fear diminishes in the light of knowledge."Anaxagoras
"Fear makes strangers of those who might be friends."Aesop
"What we fear most is our inability to control the mechanical processes of existence."Leucippus
"The human spirit rises highest when facing its greatest fear."Pindar
"Fear teaches us what we truly value"Sappho
"Fear dissolves when replaced with understanding."Anaximenes
"Fear is often the shadow of ignorance; knowledge dispels both."Xenophanes
"The warrior's true opponent is not the enemy, but his own doubt."Pindar
"The timid soul never discovers the beauty beyond the threshold of fear."Aesop
"Fear is born of ignorance."Anaximander
"Fear is only as real as we make it."Anaximander
"We must face our fears or they will control us forever."Aristophanes
"Fear is the enemy of progress."Aristophanes
"The person who fears death has not lived a full life."Xenophanes
"The fear we refuse to face eventually controls our entire life."Xenophanes
"To the man who is afraid everything rustles."Sophocles
"The fear that keeps a man from acting is often greater than the danger he fears."Aristophanes
"Better suffer once than live in fear."Euripides
"Fear is the most destructive of all human emotions."Euripides
"Our fear of the unknown diminishes when we study it with courage."Anaximenes
"Fear is the absence of understanding"Empedocles
"Better to die once than live in fear always"Sophocles
"To him who is in fear, everything rustles"Sophocles
"What we fear most often proves smaller when we face it directly"Sophocles
"The fear of death vanishes when one understands that nothing is ever truly destroyed."Empedocles
"The man who fears nothing is either a fool or a god."Aristophanes
"The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on."Frankie Boyle
"The greatest fear is not of the unknown, but of remaining ignorant of the known."Anaximander
"The man who fears nothing fears death least, for he has already transcended fear."Democritus
"The mortal path leads ever deeper into confusion and shadow."Parmenides