On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.

Sex is like an atom bomb. A potent weapon which fascinates and frightens. We’re afraid to let it loose, yet we all have our finger on the button.”–Zeena Schreck, Cuir Underground: Sado-Magic for Satan Interview,...

Don’t be afraid of failures it takes courage to try new things & only those who try create History.

They began by controlling books of cartoons and then detective books and, of course, films, one way or another, one group or another, political bias, religious prejudice, union pressure; there was always a minority afraid...

I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. They’re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy.

Fear kills. Protecting yourself backfires eventually. And living in fear of pain isn’t really living at all.

[“The Devil in the Dark”] impressed me because it presented the idea, unusual in science fiction then and now, that something weird, and even dangerous, need not be malevolent. That is a lesson that many...

Mari remembered what she had read in the young girl’s eyes the moment she had come into the refectory: fear.Fear. Veronika might feel insecurity, shyness, shame, constraint, but why fear? That was only justifiable when...

There is nothing to be feared except a result of our own actions.

Only fools and cowards scorned fear. Fear keeps you alive.

Everything in life will attack you if it senses your fear; animals, people — but faithful confidence wards off all manner of evil.

Never fear starting. Fear never starting.

We are always afraid to ask because we aren’t afraid of the answer but the feeling of rejection

There’s nothing we fear more than our own Reflection. We scream at the monsters within us, hidden deep within our hearts. We run and hide from the terrors all around us- the different mirrors that...

What is left to be afraid of?’ And he said, ‘The possibility that a life itself may prove to be the most worthy struggle.

The people faded away, the arches, the vaulted roof vanished. I raised my seared eyes to the fathomless glare; and I saw the black stars hanging in the heavens: and the wet winds from the...

She had the best kind of courage, or maybe the worst kind, the kind that gets you into trouble.

The promise of hope provides more comfort than the limitations of doubt.

Emperors are not made from cowards; they are made from those who take great risk where there stands to be even greater gain.

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another’s fear.

That’s the No. 1 fear, and you’ve had pretty much every Fed governor come out in the last two weeks talking about inflation being at the high end of the range, and that’s what got...

Sometimes when you’re young, you have moments of such happiness, you think you’re living on someplace magical, like Atlantis must have been. Then we grow up and our hearts break into two.

I was terrified of my weakness, of my sharp tongue, ofmy every flaw. I was terrified that this moment, my chance tolive in happiness for however short a time we may have had,would be ruined...

I tend to scare myself.

Jude was good. But he let his fear and jealousy get to him.” Daniel shrugged. “‘Fear leads toanger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to the dark side.

There will always be fear; do it anyway. Let your courage inspire the world around you.

From the dear comes grief; From the dear comes fear.If you’re freed from the dear You’ll have no grief, let alone fear.

I feared my own kind more than anything the natural world could ever threaten me with.

A lot of pieces I have written have to do with courage. As a result, people think that I am naturally brave. But what people don’t know, is that I grew up with phobias and...

Aaron had a very busy summer, and that’s something a lot of coaches fear. I don’t know if that has something to do with it. Sometimes international experience can wear on you.

For there are two reasons why human beings face danger calmly: they may have no experience of it, or they may have means to deal with it: thus when in danger at sea people may...

I can push everything into the dark.But it leaves me empty.And the dark always ends up finding me in my sleep

BEFRIENDING THE BODY Trauma victims cannot recover until they become familiar with and befriend the sensations in their bodies. Being frightened means that you live in a body that is always on guard. Angry people...

The strongest love is that which flows out of fear.

I hate going back. I’d rather live at the bottom of my river of black, dragged this way and that by the forces that be, than go back there. Those forty-eight hours took twenty years...

Courage is not only a form of inspiration, but an effective weapon to achieve anything you desire on this earth.

Even the smallest changes in our daily routine can create incredible ripple effects that expand our vision of what is possible.

When someone reacts violently and aggressively, it only goes to demonstrate the lack of truth, trust and confidence in oneself and issue that we are defending. It rather portrays the guilt, shame and self anger...

The financial and fundamental impact is not as severe as some might fear.

Child, child, love while you can The voice and the eyes and the soul of a man; Never fear though it break your heart-Out of the wound new joy will start; Only love proudly and...

Every triumph has to overcome the fear of tragedy.

Of all base passions fear is most accurs’d.

You can’t stay here any more. My fears have been irrational and they’ve forced me to make unwise decisions and accept the unacceptable.

It is not lies or a lack of loyalty that ends a relationship. It is the agonizing truth that one person feels in their heart on a daily basis. It is realizing that you are...

To stiffen into stone, to persevere!We long forever for the right to stay.But all that stays with us is fear,And we shall never rest upon our way.

I rather be a stupid person wanting clarification and answers, in order to be wiser, than be a stupid person that blindly believes the lies they are told, without question.

Knowing failure is part of our process, and leads to new ideas, stronger work, and more honest questions, liberates us to peer, a little less frightened, into the unknown.

You can tell a lot about a society by what it fears.

The future might be dark, but darkness shared wasn’t a thing to be feared.It was to be embraced.

{The resolution of the surviving members of the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry, whom Robert Ingersoll was the commander of, at his funeral quoted here}Robert G. Ingersoll is dead. The brave soldier, the unswerving patriot, the true...