Quotes About Fear

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid their own souls.

Worry is a way to avoid change; when we worry, we don't do anything about the matter.

if you never make a decision, you can't make a mistake). It

Pain and fear are necessary and valuable components of life. Suffering and worry are destructive and unnecessary components of life.

Though we live in space-age times, we still have stone-age minds. We are competitive and territorial and violent

Still, women's concerns about safety are frequently the subject of critical comments from the men in their lives. One woman told me of constant ridicule and sarcasm from her boyfriend whenever she discussed fear or safety. He called her precautions silly and asked, "How can you live like that?" To which she replied, "How could I not?" I

Children require the protection of adults, usually from adults. Their fear of people is not yet developed, their intuition not yet loaded with enough information and experience to keep them from harm. The lesson for parents in the cases I've cited is to take nothing for granted when it comes to the safety of your children.

Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out." —Karl A. Menninger

An absurdly literal example helps demonstrate this: As you stand near the edge of a high cliff, you might fear getting too close. If you stand right at the edge, you no longer fear getting too close, you now fear falling. Edward Gorey gives us his dark-humored but accurate take on the fact that if you do fall, you no longer fear falling—you fear landing:

Those who fear public speaking actually fear the loss of identity that attaches to performing badly, and that is firmly rooted in our survival needs.

1) When you feel fear, listen. 2) When you don't feel fear, don't manufacture it. 3) If you find yourself creating worry, explore and discover why.

Women, particularly in big cities, live with a constant wariness. Their lives are literally on the line in ways men just don't experience. Ask some man you know, "When is the last time you were concerned or afraid that another person would harm you?" Many men cannot recall an incident within years. Ask a woman the same question and most will give you a recent example or say, "Last night," "Today," or even "Every day." Still

True fear is a gift that signals us in the presence of danger; thus, it will be based upon something you perceive in your environment or your circumstance. Unwarranted fear or worry will always be based upon something in your imagination or your memory.

Worry is the fear we manufacture—it is not authentic. If

Whether or not men can relate to it or believe it or accept it, that is the way it is. Women, particularly in big cities, live with a constant wariness. Their lives are literally on the line in ways men just don't experience.

Worry is a way to avoid admitting powerlessness over something, since worry feels like we're doing something.

When you accept the survival signal as a welcome message and quickly evaluate the environment or situation, fear stops in an instant. Thus, trusting intuition is the exact opposite of living in fear. In fact, the role of fear in your life lessens as your mind and body come to know that you will listen to the quiet wind-chime, and have no need for

the TIME syndrome, which is the introduction of threats, intimidations, manipulations, and escalation. Manipulations are statements intended to influence outcome without resorting to threat. Escalations are actions intended to cause fear, upset, or anxiety, such as showing up somewhere uninvited, sending something alarming, damaging something, or acting sinister.

Many parents think it does. When they want to underscore the importance of a given instruction, they attach some dreadful outcome to it: "Come right home; you don't want to get kidnapped," "Don't go there alone; remember, anyone could be a killer," and on and on. There

Humor, particularly dark humor, is a common way to communicate true concern without the risk of feeling silly afterwards, and without overtly showing fear. But

Rule #1. The very fact that you fear something is solid evidence that it is not happening.

Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.

It is understandable that the perspectives of men and women on safety are so different--men and women live in different worlds...at core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.

At core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.