Fear Quotes

The thing that stops us and, when faced, the thing that frees us. Both sides explored here.

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"Fear responses can be completely unlearned with proper methods."
John B. Watson
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"The person who, with minimal prodding, administers shocks to a screaming victim is following a deeply ingrained tendency."
Stanley Milgram
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"People feel powerless against the demands of institutional authority."
Stanley Milgram
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"The comfort of obedience often outweighs the discomfort of resistance."
Stanley Milgram
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"The pressure to conform operates most powerfully when we feel its operation least."
Solomon Asch
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"The pressure to conform increases as the stakes of being wrong increase."
Solomon Asch
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"Fear is grief for evil."
Alfred Adler
"Fear is the passion least accompanying a love of life."
Blaise Pascal
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"In times of social crisis, the tendency toward obedience to authority intensifies."
Stanley Milgram
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"We need not fear what we understand."
Alfred Adler
"Deindividuation in crowds creates a veil of anonymity for harmful behavior."
Philip Zimbardo
"The psychology of surveillance creates internalized control mechanisms."
Philip Zimbardo
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"The fear of being different often exceeds the fear of being wrong."
Solomon Asch
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"Our greatest fears are not of pain or failure, but of isolation and misunderstanding."
Solomon Asch
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"Our greatest fear is not of being wrong, but of being alone in being right."
Solomon Asch
"Fear is the enemy of freedom; courage is its liberator."
Blaise Pascal
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"Fear is learned, not inherited; it is a conditioned response."
John B. Watson
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"A man will be imprisoned in a room with an open door, so he will not think to try it."
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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"A man who is not afraid is not normal, he is insane."
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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"Fear often arises not from danger itself, but from the uncertainty of what our actions mean about us."
Leon Festinger
"Fear is the enemy of progress"
Dear Abby
"Fear diminishes when you face it directly"
Dear Abby
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"Fear is the mind killer. Face it and move forward."
Ann Landers
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"Courage is not the absence of fear; it's the presence of action."
Ann Landers
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"The voice within is sometimes louder than any external criticism."
Alfred Adler
"The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me."
Blaise Pascal
"The eternal silence of infinite space terrifies and fascinates me."
Blaise Pascal
"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Dear Abby
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"Fear and anxiety are often the catalysts for attitude change."
Leon Festinger
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"When we cannot resolve dissonance, we often reject the source of the contradiction."
Leon Festinger