Quotes About Fear

fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself

Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger it self, when apparent to the eyes; and we find the burthen of anxiety greater by much, than the evil which we are anxious about; and which was worse than all this, I had not that relief in this trouble from the resignation I used to practise, that I hop'd to have.

Thus fear of danger is often thousand times more terrifying than danger itself when apparent to the eyes; and we find the burden of anxiety greater, by much, than the evil which we are anxious about;

How strange a Chequer Work* of Providence is the Life of Man! and by what secret differing Springs are the Affections hurry'd about as differing Circumstances present! To Day we love what to Morrow we hate; to Day we seek what to Morrow we shun; to Day we desire what to Morrow we fear; nay even tremble at the Apprehensions of; this

Thus Fear of Danger is ten thousand Times more terrifying than Danger it self, when apparent to the Eyes; and we find the Burthen of Anxiety greater by much, than the Evil which we are anxious about; and

yet all looked deeply concerned; and as we saw it apparently coming on, so every one looked on himself and his family as in the utmost danger. Were it possible to represent those times exactly to those that did not see them, and give the reader due ideas of the horror that everywhere presented itself, it must make just impressions upon their minds, and fill them with surprise. London might well be said to be all in tears.

Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival.

los psicópatas no se preocupen por las posibles consecuencias de sus actos. Y su incapacidad de experimentar el miedo es la que da cuenta de su ausencia de toda empatía –o compasión– hacia el dolor y el miedo de sus víctimas.

Love, tender feelings, and sexual satisfaction entail parasympathetic arousal—the physiological opposite of the "fight-or-flight" mobilization shared by fear and anger.

Our journey begins in Part One with new discoveries about the brain's emotional architecture that offer an explanation of those most baffling moments in our lives when feeling overwhelms all rationality. Understanding the interplay of brain structures that rule our moments of rage and fear—or passion and joy—reveals

el detonante universal del enfado sea la sensación de hallarse amenazado.

Existen dos tipos de miedos, señala el Dalai Lama: el miedo irreal, que nos impele innecesariamente hacia un estado agitado de cavilaciones baldías, y el tipo útil, que nos hace cautos o nos activa y prepara de cara a una amenaza esperada.

El afecto actúa como antídoto del miedo. «Si me demuestras un afecto genuino –señaló el Dalai Lama–, entonces y automáticamente siento que esa persona está siendo muy amable conmigo, y por eso confío en ella. Si no tienes miedo, te relajas, te sientes seguro».

Like an amulet that wards off some anticipated evil, the worry psychologically gets the credit for preventing the danger it obsesses about.

detonante universal del enfado sea la sensación de hallarse amenazado.

Love, tender feelings, and sexual satisfaction entail parasympathetic arousal, the physiological opposite of the fight-or-flight mobilization shared by fear and anger. The parasympathetic pattern, dubbed the relaxation response, is a body wide set of reactions that generates a general state of calm and contentment, facilitating cooperation.

Two waves in the ocean are talking to each other. The front wave tells the second that it's frightened because it is about to crash into the shore and cease to exist. But the second wave shows no fear. It explains to the first: You are frightened because you think you are a wave; I am not frightened because know I am part of the ocean.

The story of Pi is the story of all of us. We all have tigers under our tarpaulins - tigers that, we feel, could destroy us. We think we want to be rid of our tigers. But the truth is, we would feel a great loss if they ran away, because ultimately, each tiger is part of us.

A Buddhist teacher once said that a poisonous snake is only poisonous when you walk toward it.

A poisonous snake is only poisonous when you walk towards it.

Once more, this is love: it rings and you open up unless it looks like an ax murderer.

She spun the car through a right turn that would have killed us all had we been minor characters.

After all, love is for people who are ready to dream big and risk everything. Unfortunately, so is prison.

Vulnerability is what love is about... Only when we open ourselves to the possibility of loss can we allow for the possibility of love.