Quotes About Fear

Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with irrational fear of life become publishers.

Hate is the consequence of fear. We fear something before we hate it. A child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.

We fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noises.

Monsters from the Id!

Da quando sono qui da sola, ho la sensazione di passeggiare tenendo i miei morti per mano. Facciamo un giro, mi confortano e mi hanno paura allo stesso tempo. Mi raccontano la stessa storia, tutti i giorni.

Not many can admit their fears, but those who can lead a fulfilling life of happiness knowing they hide nothing and need not to.

But there is nothing in me, just fear, nothing but the running of dark waves.

He] Attacks the past, but fears that, having destroyed it, He will have nothing on which to lay his head.

I was driven because I wanted to be like others. I was afraid of what was wild and indecent in me.

But there is nothing in me, just fear, nothing but the running of dark waves. I am the wind that blows and dies out in dark waters, I am the wind going and not returning, a milkweed pollen on the black meadows of the world.

Think it's my fear and fascination for women that makes my images.If you look really closely, the men are always supporting roles, a shadow play and always inferior.

Miss, you'd better look at that note. I have a bomb.

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

But then peace, peace I am so mistrustful of it so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in.

had always admired her tremendously but now, quite suddenly, I saw her in a different light: small and pathetic and lonely. She had chosen loneliness because she hated 'getting involved emotionally'. She was afraid of getting hurt. Freedom was what she wanted but it seemed to me a poor substitute for affection. I thought of all she had told me about the pearls; she couldn't wear them; she didn't want to sell them; she hated to shut them up in prison. I

Our nation is being kept in a state of fear. It is drilled into uniformity. If this goes on much longer it will destroy Germany's soul. A man needs a little piece of personal life . . . some happiness and security .. . without this he becomes an animal, a beast of burden, driven here and there at his masters whim . . . and the masters, Franz!" added Herr Octzen, "The masters, what are they? Small men scrambling for power and preferment and caring little who is trampled underfoot.

But that's just it! I never saw the old lady. I heard plenty about her from Roger and the doctor and the black satin pincushion—and they all told me something different. The only thing they had in common was terror; they were all scared to death of Aunt Beatrice.

Someday, she was convinced, somebody would find out that she was an imposter in the adult world.

She was a little frightened in anticipation and a little frightened when the test came, but fortunately she was in control of her fear. She pushed it into a corner of her mind and barricaded it in. This left her mind perfectly clear and free to function properly. Of course, one had to keep an eye on the barricade, though Frances, smiling to herself at the absurd simile; one had to see that it was holding firm and keeping the fear-beast from bursting out and making a nuisance of itself . . .

It was because she was too yielding, too frightened of unpleasant scenes, that she had allowed herself to be dominated and repressed.

War is horrible," I said, trying to damp her down. "If you had lived through the war you wouldn't think it glorious. War is just agony. It's living under a dark cloud all the time and wondering if someone you love has been killed.

It is not only great occasions which call for strength beyond our own; ordinary people who go about their daily duties feel the need of God's strength to help them, and God's shield to protect them from harm. The chief cause of unhappiness in modern times is fear, said Mr. Orme; fear of illness, fear of the future, fear of death; but the heart that trusts in the Lord fears nothing.

According to this book I have been sowing the seeds of complexes and cultivating inhibitions in Bryan and Betty ever since they were a few months old. Feel much worried about this, but decide that it is too late now to do anything, and that Bryan and Betty must just take their chance.