Fear Quotes
The thing that stops us and, when faced, the thing that frees us. Both sides explored here.
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"Fear conquered becomes the foundation of courage."Marcuse, Herbert
"The fear of the abyss is ultimately the fear of absolute freedom."Bataille, Georges
"The individual is rendered powerless by the machinery of modern life."Horkheimer, Max
"Fear binds society together more effectively than love."Horkheimer, Max
"Fear is what those in power cultivate to maintain control."Horkheimer, Max
"Fear is the primary tool of social control."Horkheimer, Max
"Fear of the new often masks deeper fears about losing familiar forms of domination."Adorno, Theodor
"Fear makes us cling to what we know, even when it destroys us."Adorno, Theodor
"Fear production maintains the apparatus of control"Marcuse, Herbert
"Fear is the primary mechanism through which control operates"Marcuse, Herbert
"Fear is the weapon of those who wish to maintain the status quo."Lukács, György
"Anxiety is the only affect that doesn't deceive."Lacan, Jacques
"Anxiety signals the encounter with the real."Lacan, Jacques
"Fear itself becomes an instrument of domination when it prevents imagination."Marcuse, Herbert
"Fear is only an obstacle if we let it be."Deleuze, Gilles
"Fear is only real if we make it real through repetition."Deleuze, Gilles
"Anxiety is not a response to an object; it is a response to the Other."Lacan, Jacques
"To survive in this system requires becoming complicit with it."Adorno, Theodor
"Anxiety is not without an object; it is objectless."Lacan, Jacques
"Fear dissolves when we stop representing it and start experimenting with it."Deleuze, Gilles
"Anguish is the dizziness of freedom"Sartre, Jean-Paul
"Man is in anguish because he discovers that he is condemned to be free"Sartre, Jean-Paul
"A civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does is a civilization that is afraid."Foucault, Michel
"Anguish is the feeling of freedom."Sartre, Jean-Paul
"Fear is not weakness; it is a form of intelligence."Foucault, Michel
"Fear is often the fear of losing the face we have constructed."Deleuze, Gilles
"Anguish is the dizziness of freedom when we realize we are responsible for all we do."Sartre, Jean-Paul
"Fear is the enemy of truth."Popper, Karl
"Fear teaches us what we truly value."Ayer, Alfred Jules
"Fear is often the voice of our deepest convictions."Ayer, Alfred Jules