Fear Quotes

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

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"Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Fear is merely the mind's resistance to growth and transformation."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Fear dissolves when we move toward it with understanding and courage."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Fear is the only real enemy of mankind."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"Fear dissolves when we understand its illusory nature."
Sri Aurobindo
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"We are afraid of the unknown, so we create beliefs about it."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Why should a man fear? Fear is the greatest curse, fear is the root of all misery."
Swami Vivekananda
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"Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"We cannot live fully when we are afraid."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, but it is a filial fear, not servile fear."
Pope John Paul II
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"Fear often prevents us from living fully; cast out fear through faith."
Pope John Paul II
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"The things that we fear most are the things we need to do most."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"Fear dissolves when consciousness expands beyond the separate ego."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Fear diminishes as consciousness expands beyond the isolated personal self."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Your fear is 80 percent water. If you can face it, you will see it is not real."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Fear is just a feeling, not a truth."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong."
Swami Vivekananda
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"Fear ends when self-knowledge begins."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Fear dissolves when one recognizes the eternal self within."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Fear is the only obstacle between you and your realization. Conquer fear."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole."
Martin Luther
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"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."
Abraham
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Abraham
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"For God gave us not a spirit of fear; but of power and love and of a sound mind."
Saint Paul
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"Fear of man leads to bondage; fear of God leads to freedom."
Martin Luther
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"Fear of the Lord is the beginning of all knowledge and the end of all foolishness."
Saint Peter
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"Fear is the wall between you and your dreams."
Guru Nanak
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"The fear of God is the beginning of all true knowledge and wisdom."
John Calvin
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"If we saw clearly the perils of our lives, we should be amazed."
Martin Luther
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"Fear is the greatest prison of the mind."
Zoroaster