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