The fact is that blank pages inspire me with terror. What will I put on them? Will it be good enough? Will I have to throw it out?.

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable..

There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do..

Fear must be entirely banished. The purified soul will fear nothing..

Fear is far more painful to cowardice than death to true courage..

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish..

We may appear to be mean but we're really only frightened..

And we've read scary books and watched scary movies and TV shows together. He's met monsters, ghouls, and demons on the page and on the screen. There….

What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law..

And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly h….

The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid..

When you were in love, you knew no fear or hatred. When you were fearful, there was no possibility of love or hate. And when there was hate, there wa….

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it….

It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be..

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring..

Writing is something that you don't know how to do. You sit down and it's something that happens, or it may not happen. So, how can you teach anybody….

The interests of society often render it expedient not to utter the whole truth, the interests of science never: for in this field we have much more ….

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them..

Move, but don't move the way fear makes you move..

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, - always do what you are afraid to do..

He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination..