Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

l have no fear of change as such and, on the other hand, no liking for it merely for its own sake.

I object to religion in science classrooms not because it's religion but because it's not science.

What can that man fear who takes care to please a Being that is able to crush all his adversaries?

To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time.

What makes us afraid is our great freedom in the face of the emptiness that has still to be filled.

Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.

Let the end of the world be inside you, then you don't need to fear the end of the world out there.

I'm just suggesting that when you're faced with fear and anxiety, don't medicate. Meditate instead.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

It never hurts a fool to appear before an audience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling.

The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.

I like to step into areas where I am afraid. Fear is a sign that I am going in the right direction.

I don't trust the ocean, either; it would kill me as soon as not. It doesn't mean I'm afraid of it.

An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.

Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.

Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.

Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. inscription on Kazantakis's tomb in Heraklion, Greece

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

My fear was like a stray dog, roving the neighborhood of my life, looking for a new source of worry.

When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength; and this weakness gives strength to your opponents.

External fears cease of their own accord when once we have conquered these traitors within the camp.

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.

Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.

The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create... he discovers.

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.

To kill someone, even treacherously is more manly than to wound a friend by betraying his confidence.

Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of life both become piety.

Negative minds full of fear and doubt produce negative lives, which can ultimately destroy your life.

Most of us are imprisoned by something. We're living in darkness until something flips on the switch.

I'm shy in person - so afraid to confess my love - I need a go-between - our mutual friend, the Moon.

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

All guys are scared of each other, didn't you know that? I'm not the only one. We're all born afraid.

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

When a man is afraid and accedes to fear, he will always find arguments to justify his own surrender.

Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion go hand in hand.

We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'

Nice guys do not finish last. Last place is for the cowards and those too full of fear to take action.

Bravery does not mean being fearless. It means to be full of fear but still not being dominated by it.

Remember that fear causes to happen the very things it fears. That's why fear should be unknown to us.

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