Fear Quotes

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

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"The only thing standing between humans and unlimited achievement is fear."
Descartes, René
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"What worries you masters you."
Locke, John
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"Fear is the beginning of wisdom."
Al-Ghazali
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"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Avicenna
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"The person who masters their fears becomes master of their destiny."
Maimonides
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"Fear of the unknown is the root of prejudice and injustice."
Maimonides
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"Fear cannot exist where there is hope, nor hope where there is fear."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"Fear is often the shadow of things that will never come."
Leibniz, Gottfried
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"Fear is the mind's natural response to uncertainty."
Hume, David
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"Fear and hope are alike under the government of the will."
Locke, John
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"What worries you masters you."
Locke, John
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"Fear of God is the beginning of all wisdom."
Al-Ghazali
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"Fear reveals what we truly value in our hearts."
Al-Ghazali
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"Fear is the greatest obstacle to understanding, for it blinds the mind to truth."
Avicenna
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"A man who gives himself over to anger is as one who worships idols."
Maimonides
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"Fear is the enemy of reason; face it with knowledge."
Maimonides
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"Fear cannot coexist with hope; they are opposites in the human heart."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"The person guided by fear acts from servility; the person guided by reason acts from freedom."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"Fear is the shadow cast by the unknown."
Avicenna
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"What begins in fear often ends in folly."
Locke, John
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"Fear is the prison of the mind; courage is the key."
Locke, John
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"Fear and weakness are at the bottom of all superstition."
Hume, David
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"Fear diminishes when confronted with knowledge."
Averroes
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"To overcome fear, one must first understand its source."
Maimonides
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"Fear arises when we are incapable of acting."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration; we must face our fears."
Descartes, René
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"Fear is the prison that we construct from illusions."
Avicenna
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"The person who fears death has not yet learned to live."
Al-Ghazali
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"The fear of death diminishes when we understand life's true purpose."
Al-Ghazali
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"Perfect love casts out all fear."
Augustine of Hippo