Quotes on Fear

Fear is very often a part of the spiritual path. When people sit down and meditate it's not at all uncommon for fear to arise at some point.

It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

Do you live in a mine field or a garden? When we live in a minefield mentality, we explode with the weeds of worry, doubt, fear, lack and limitation. Choose to cultivate your inner garden!

From craving arises sorrow, from craving arises fear, but he who is freed from craving has no sorrow and certainly no fear.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

I think we are afraid of each other when it comes to sex, because we read so much about sex, we talk so openly about sex, we see movies and we read books; but when we are face to face with someone else, we forget our individual patterns; that we are unique. So we try to repeat other people's patterns, according to what we seen and what we heard. So most of us are very frustrated, because we don't accept our individuality as far as sex is concerned.

A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show themselves, and you presently assert the power of reason over imagination.

You can't have good ideas unless you're willing to generate a lot of bad ones.

Vast and fearsome as the human scene has become, personal contact of the right people, in the right places, at the right time, may yet have a potent and valuable part to play in the cause of peace which is in our hearts.

People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.

The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.

Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.

They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak.

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.

He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Yes, I see the Church as the body of Christ. But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social neglect and through fear of being nonconformists.