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Fear

Those who own much have much to fear. – Rabindranath Tagore

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. – Ambrose Bierce

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear – kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor – with the cry of grave national emergency. – Douglas MacArthur

The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name. – Sylvia Browne

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. – Tacitus

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves. – Henry Miller

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. – Nikos Kazantzakis

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble. – Epicurus

Jealousy is the fear of comparison. – Max Frisch

Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy! – Robert Mugabe

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of. – Viktor E. Frankl

The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah. – Abu Bakr

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. – Pearl S. Buck

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power. – John Steinbeck

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear. – George W. Bush

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. – Margaret Mead

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. – W. Clement Stone