959 private quotes tagged fear

“Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.” — Aleister Crowley

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“There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that when a man appears who is without it we are at once enslaved by him.” — Henry Miller

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“In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.” — Xun Zi

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“All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.” — Stendhal

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“Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

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“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” — Joseph Chilton Pearce

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“Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.” — Merle Shain

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“So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes.” — Robert Kiyosaki

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“My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later.” — Portia de Rossi

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“The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual.” — George Saunders

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“The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.” — Clarence Darrow

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“Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.” — Mel Brooks

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“Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.” — Jean de La Fontaine

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“The secret of life is to have no fear it's the only way to function.” — Stokely Carmichael

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“Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.” — William Hazlitt

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“To good and true love fear is forever affixed.” — Francois Rabelais

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“Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating.” — Andrew Cohen

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“At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.” — Jesse Jackson

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“I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.” — Nikos Kazantzakis

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“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” — James A. Michener

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“To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.” — Ramakrishna

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“Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.” — Gary Busey

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“There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.” — Abu Bakr

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“The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.” — Lyndon B. Johnson

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“When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.” — Tecumseh

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