Quotes by Fear Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of control. It believes it is real and tries hard to maintain its supremacy. Negative states of mind, such as anger, resentment, fear, envy, and jealousy, are products of the ego. Eckhart Tolle realspiritualfear My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence. Edmond Rostand starsflowerfear The psychological condition of fear is divorced from any concrete and true immediate danger. It comes in many forms: unease, worry, anxiety, nervousness, tension, dread, phobia, and so on. This kind of psychological fear is always of something that might happen, not of something that is happening now. Eckhart Tolle anxietyfearworry I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason. Edmund H. North reasonfearpeople Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. Edith Wharton immaturefearart Internal and external are ultimately one. When you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear, you think, speak and act differently. Love and compassion arise, and they affect the world. Eckhart Tolle spiritualfearlove His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught. Edmund Waller sufferingfearmen what makes us so afraid is the thing we half see, or half hear, as in a wood at dusk, when a tree stump becomes an animal and a sound becomes a siren. And most of that fear is the fear of not knowing, of not actually seeing correctly. Edna O'Brien knowingfearanimal To begin with, I don't have any stage fright Ednita Nazario stage-frightstagefear The fear of God is freedom, joy, and peace; Edmund Waller vexfearjoy fear is a dreadful drawback because it stops us living in the moment. Edna O'Brien momentsfearlive-in-the-moment He who does not believe in hell is in the greatest danger of landing there. Eduardo Schwank atheismfearbelieve I was walking along the road with two friends. The sun set. I felt a tinge of melancholy. Suddenly the sky became a bloody red... I stood there, trembling with fright. And I felt a loud, unending scream piercing nature. Edvard Munch two-friendsfearsky In how large a proportion of creatures is existence composed of one ruling passion, the most agonizing of all sensations--fear. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton agonizingpassionfear A great deal of what people say, think, or do is actually motivate by fear, which of course is always linked with having your focus on the future and being out of touch with the Now. As there are no problems in the Now, there is no fear either. Eckhart Tolle futurefearthinking Lord, I do fear Thou'st made the world too beautiful this year My soul is all but out of me-let fall No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call. Edna St. Vincent Millay fearbeautifulfall You do not destroy an idea by killing people, you replace it with a better one. Edward Keating fearpositiveideas When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense. Edward Abbey common-senseatheismfear A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy. Edward P. Morgan wisdomfearbook We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men – not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular. Edward R. Murrow fearwritingmen«2728293031323334353637»
