Fear Quotes

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

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"My fear is not that God will not save sinners; but that some sinners will not accept his offer of salvation."
John Wesley
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"Fear is the source of most cruelty."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Fear dissolves in the light of understanding."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Understanding fear is the path to freedom."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Fear is the birthplace of both wisdom and cowardice."
Jonathan Edwards
"Our fears are often the teachers sent to help us grow."
Charles Wesley
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"We fear what we do not understand."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Fear reveals what we truly value."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Fear is but unbelief dressed in urgent clothing."
Jacob Böhme
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"Fear serves as a compass pointing toward the areas where we must develop courage."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear."
Spinoza
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"Fear is sadness born of the idea of a future or past thing of which we imagine the issue to be doubtful."
Spinoza
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"Your greatest enemy is within yourself."
Ibn Arabi
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"The ignorant person fears what he does not understand."
Ibn Arabi
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"Fear dissolves when we realize our true spiritual nature."
Jacob Böhme
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"Fear is the signal that something important is asking to be understood."
Jacob Böhme
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"The only resistance to true love is fear."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
"Fear is conquered not by denying its presence, but by faith in something greater."
Charles Wesley
"Fear whispers lies; faith speaks eternal truth to our trembling hearts."
Charles Wesley
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"Fear is the prison; faith is the key."
Ibn Arabi
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"Fear is the beginning of slavery; understanding is the beginning of freedom."
Spinoza
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"Fear is merely the absence of knowledge about what we truly are."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Fear diminishes when we understand that nothing essential can be taken from us."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom."
Ibn Arabi
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"Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you in better living conditions."
Hafiz
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"Your fear is a room you have built. The door is always open."
Hafiz
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"Fear is the mind's attempt to protect what it believes to be fragile."
Teresa of Avila
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"Fear whispers that we are not enough; faith proclaims that we are."
Teresa of Avila
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"He who is always gripped by fear cannot achieve any worthy state of being."
Spinoza
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"Fear dissolves when you realize you are eternal."
Ibn Arabi