Quotes About Fear

A vivid example of such a change in social equilibrium occurred in the months after the attacks of September 11, 2001, when travelers, afraid to take airplanes, suddenly switched to cars. Their fear translated into about 1,000 more highway fatalities in that period than in the same period the year before—hidden casualties of the September 11 attack.24 But

Nihilism" in this context means hatred, the hatred of values and of their root, reason. Hatred is not the same as disapproval, contempt, or anger. Hatred is loathing combined with fear, and with the desire to lash out at the hated object, to wound, to disfigure, to destroy it.

Reason the Only Oracle of Man, Ethan Allen titled his work, expressing the widespread viewpoint. "Fix reason firmly in her seat," writes Jefferson to a nephew, "and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there is one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

The currency of the gospel of religion is fear and imposition. The currency of the gospel of Christ is love and invitation.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Having wandered some distance among gloomy rocks, I came to the entrance of a great cavern ... Two contrary emotions arose in me: fear and desire--fear of the threatening dark cavern, desire to see whether there were any marvelous things in it.

Nothing should be so greatly feared as empty fame.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears and never regrets.

Colui che più possiede, è colui che più ha paura di perdere.

It would not go away because it was my thought. It is not death that is terrible, but the knowledge of it: it would be utterly impossible to live if a man could know exactly and definitely the day and hour of his death.

But in the dark everything was unnatural; the silence and the darkness were in themselves something like death.

The fear of death came over him gradually. It was as if somebody were striking his heart a powerful blow with the fist from below.

I am not afraid of this devil!" he thought of Death. "I simply feel sorry for my life. It is a splendid thing, no matter what the pessimists say about it. What if they were to hang a pessimist? Ah, I feel sorry for life, very sorry!

Sanki ayn? baÅŸlang?çs?z ve bitimsiz günün içindeydik, kah karanl?k kah parlak, ama yine anla??lmaz, yine kör. Ve hiçbirimiz korkmuyorduk ölümden, çünkü ölümün ne olduÄŸunu anlayacak durumda deÄŸildik.

The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry out their dream.

Powoli, ostro?nie podniósÅ' wieko trumny. Scully patrzyÅ'a mu przez ramiÄ™. - Yyyych... - Nie potrafiÅ'a zdÅ'awi? d?wiÄ™ku, który wyrwaÅ' jej siÄ™ z gardÅ'a. Nie mogÅ'a nic poradzi? na to, ?e jej skórÄ™ pokryÅ' zimny pot. ZobaczyÅ'a minÄ™ Muldera i poczuÅ'a siÄ™ jeszcze gorzej. WyglÄ…daÅ', jakby miaÅ' siÄ™ rozpÅ'aka? ze szcz??cia. Jakby otworzyÅ'y siÄ™ przed nim bramy raju.

Everybody's scared, but if you don't let your fears stop you, that's bravery.

The sky was black and strewn with stars. I felt alone on the planet. I was so scared I could hardly breathe. I didn't know where I was headed. I didn't know what to do with my life. I strained to look into my future, trying to picture the road ahead of me, searching for a glimpse of who I would become. All I could see was the night sky and the stars above me.

The loneliness became more and more unbearable. I ached to be touched. I feared I was disappearing and I'd cease to exist if someone didn't touch me.

When my alarm jangled in the morning, I awoke feeling small and terrified. I couldn't find myself in my own life—there was no memory of me that I could grasp. There was no place outside of me where I belonged. So every morning I willed myself back into existence.

If life on death row is safer than life on the streets, it's hard to believe that the fear of execution is a driving force in a criminal's calculus.

Beware the Jabberwock, my son The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!

I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense.

Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!