Quotes About Fear

There is no way to reach dreams without going through nightmares.

I used to think that people worried about one world government were more than a little paranoid. Today, not so much.

They're not doing much for themselves. I'm sure they'd rather slip away, relax their fingers and float, but they can't. They're not allowed. Effort is so painful; our knuckles are white, yet we keep clinging. The alternative is suicide- and we are too fearful for that.

Instead of shunning the darkness, we can face straight into it with an open mind. When we do that, the unknown changes. Fearful things become understandable and a truth is suggested: the enigmatic presence of the human mind winks back from the dark. WHITLEY STRIEBER, COMMUNION

and it is our fear of our regrets that causes our fear of the visitors.

I can't run from myself There's nowhere to hide

I burst out crying because I realized something right then and there: death was going to take her someday. Because she'd grow old and wrinkly, you see, and fill up with pain until it extinguished her, and it just ... seemed intolerable. Shouldn't it? I mean, even a diamond is forever, and a diamond can't grip your finger.

If the world were a bar, America would currently be the angry drunk waving around a loaded gun. Yeah, the other people in the bar may be afraid of him, but they sure as hell don't respect him.

When I look back on most of my life, it breaks my heart that when my brain was unloading an endless pile of what ifs on me, it never asked, "What if I go do this thing that I want to do, and it's . . . fun? What if I enjoy myself, and I'm really glad I went?

I have no idea what depression even was until I was in my twenties, once I was pretty sure that I had it, I suffered with it for another fifteen years, because I was ashamed, I was embarrassed, and I was afraid.

If imagination is not set to the task of building a creative life, it busies itself with weaving a web of inner fears and doubts, blame and excuse. —LAURENCE G. BOLDT

Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.

Like all the other things I'd agonized over, the process of making the decision took more time and energy—and was more painful and scary—than the result.

Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both.

I craved for the past, resented the present, and dreaded the future.

?nsan?n önemli anlarda dilsizle?en bir filozof oldu?unu ke?fetmesinden daha korkunç bir ?ey olamaz.

Bir korku duyup duymad???m? anlamaya çal???yorum. Ama korku duyup duymad???m üzerinde dü?ünebiliyorsam, bu korku gerçek bir korku olamaz.

Benim en ?iddetli korkular?mdan biri, a?k?n gittikçe daha güçlü bir biçimde tedarik i?lerine kaymas?yd?; öyle ki sonunda geriye sadece tedarik kal?yor, a?k uçup gitmi? oluyordu.

Mit einem Schrei, der aus dem Thierreich zu stammen schien, stürzten sich Zuckriegel und Steinbüchse auf den Kelten und griffen zu. Einen Schrei stieß aber auch das Mädchen vom Rudolfsthurm aus: »Hilfe! Räuber! Diebe! Heilige Jungfrau! Maria und Joseph! Maxerl! Herr Inspector! Franzel! Hilfe um Gott und Jesu, s' gehet mit's G'ripp durch!«

The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life.

Power, no matter what kind of power it is, without a foundation in truth, is a dictatorship, more or less and in one way or another, for it is always based on man's fear of the social responsibility and personal burden that "freedom" entails.

Without the power to put them into practice, truths are of no use. They remain academic. Power, no matter what kind of power it is, without a foundation in truth, is a dictatorship, more or less and in one way or another, for it is always based on man's fear of the social responsibility and personal burden that "freedom" entails. Dictatorial power and truth do not go together. They are mutually exclusive.

I'm afraid of you, little man, very much afraid, because the future of mankind depends on you. I'm afraid of you because your main aim in life is to escape--from yourself.

Truth is dangerous when it concerns you.