Fear Quotes

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

16356 quotes

K
"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom."
Kierkegaard, Søren
K
"Anxiety is the moment when freedom meets destiny."
Kierkegaard, Søren
C
"Fear of the unknown vanishes when we apply scientific method to life's great questions."
Comte, Auguste
F
"Fear is conquered not by courage alone, but by understanding its sources."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
F
"Fear thrives in ignorance; knowledge is its only true remedy."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
H
"Fear is the root of all superstition."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
K
"The specific character of despair is precisely this: it is unaware of being despair."
Kierkegaard, Søren
K
"Despair is the sickness of the soul that refuses its own reality."
Kierkegaard, Søren
K
"The present stage of human history is primarily characterized by fear."
Kierkegaard, Søren
M
"Fear is the weapon of tyrants and the tool of exploitation."
Marx, Karl
H
"Fear arises from false beliefs about necessity."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
M
"The fear of criticism should never prevent the pursuit of what is right."
Mill, John Stuart
B
"The fear of punishment is stronger than the hope of reward."
Bentham, Jeremy
K
"The specific character of despair is precisely this: it is unaware of being despair."
Kierkegaard, Søren
B
"The fear of death diminishes when we understand the nature of consciousness itself."
Berkeley, George
H
"The most intrepid warriors are generally the most superstitious."
Hume, David
H
"Mankind are such cowards that none would attempt to murder a great man, unless assured of impunity."
Hume, David
H
"Fear is the recognition of genuine danger, not mere cowardice."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
K
"Fear is the enemy of clear thinking and moral action."
Kant, Immanuel
N
"When you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
K
"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom."
Kierkegaard, Søren
K
"The greatest hazard of all, losing oneself, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all."
Kierkegaard, Søren
B
"Fear is the enemy of truth and the servant of ignorance."
Berkeley, George
L
"Fear is pain arising from the thought of some evil in the future."
Locke, John
L
"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Leibniz, Gottfried
L
"Fear diminishes when we face it."
Leibniz, Gottfried
S
"Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear."
Spinoza, Baruch
M
"The fear of God is the beginning of knowledge."
Maimonides
M
"Fear is the teacher that guides us to safety."
Maimonides
D
"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."
Descartes, René