Quotes about Fear

We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

Death and pain are not frightening, it's the fear of pain and death we need to fear. Which is why we praise the poet who wrote, 'Death is not fearful, but dying like a coward is.'

Now think of the things which goad man into destroying man: they are hope, envy, hatred, fear and contempt.

Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.

Life offers us this great gift of self-organization, how we can be held in the basin of shared meaning and, within that, exercise individual freedom. It is such a shame to waste it on fear and doubt. Or to seek to contain and control it.

Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.

Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.