Fear Quotes

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

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"Fear of the unknown has driven both the worst tyrannies and greatest discoveries."
Popper, Karl
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"Fear of the unknown has prevented more progress than the unknown itself."
Popper, Karl
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"Anxiety reveals the nothing."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Fear is a fundamental human experience."
Heidegger, Martin
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"There is nothing to fear but fear itself, and irrationality."
Popper, Karl
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"Anxiety reveals the nothingness that freedom is."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Anxiety individualizes the human being utterly."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Man is a creature who builds barriers against the unseen."
Dewey, John
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"We should not fear the implications of science; understanding brings greater freedom."
Carnap, Rudolf
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"We need not fear the implications of science if we have the courage to think them through."
Carnap, Rudolf
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"Anxiety reveals the nothing that being emerges from."
Heidegger, Martin
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"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Fear is often the product of misunderstanding; knowledge dispels the irrational terror."
Dilthey, Wilhelm
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"Fear often conceals desire; what we fear and what we want are sometimes the same thing."
Dilthey, Wilhelm
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"Anxiety reveals the nothingness of beings."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Anxiety is not fear of something; it is the disclosure of nothingness."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Nothing in this world is to be feared, it is only to be understood."
James, William
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"Fear is the absence of understanding."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Fear diminishes with each courageous act."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Fear often masks unexplored capacities within ourselves."
Dilthey, Wilhelm
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"Fear is the root of all superstition."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Fear diminishes when we understand the natural laws."
Comte, Auguste
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"The instinct of self-preservation is universal among all creatures."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Fear is the prison of the soul; courage is its key."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Fear of change is the strongest weapon of the status quo."
Marx, Karl
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"Fear diminishes when we understand the laws governing our circumstances."
Comte, Auguste
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"Fear of the unknown diminishes through systematic inquiry."
Comte, Auguste
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"Of all the things which man fears, the loss of freedom is not the least."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Fear is the shadow cast by ignorance upon the human soul."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Fear thrives in darkness and retreats before the light of knowledge."
Feuerbach, Ludwig