“Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind – even if your voice shakes.”
— Maggie Kuhn
Author: Maggie Kuhn
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Maggie Kuhn
Category: fear
A child understands fear, and the hurt
“A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.”
— Nadine Gordimer
Author: Nadine Gordimer
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Nadine Gordimer
Everyone wishes that the man whom he
“Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.”
— Ovid
Author: Ovid
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Ovid
He who is not everyday conquering some
“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.”
— Graham Greene
Author: Graham Greene
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Graham Greene
The weeds keep multiplying in our garden,
“The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.”
— Sylvia Browne
Author: Sylvia Browne
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Sylvia Browne
I am very interested in what has
“I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.”
— Manuel Puig
Author: Manuel Puig
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Manuel Puig
Where there is charity and wisdom, there
“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.”
— Francis of Assisi
Author: Francis of Assisi
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Francis of Assisi
No passion so effectually robs the mind
“No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.”
— Edmund Burke
Author: Edmund Burke
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Edmund Burke
When even one American – who has
“When even one American – who has done nothing wrong – is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth – then all Americans are in peril.”
— Harry S. Truman
Author: Harry S. Truman
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Harry S. Truman
The fear of death follows from the
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
— Mark Twain
Author: Mark Twain
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Mark Twain