Quotes by Fear If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how then with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books should be forbid. Herman Melville hurtfeardream An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward. Herman Melville fearsuccesshappiness For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books. Herman Melville fearmenbook Think of the moment you count Hilda Doolittle fearfacesthinking The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition. Henry Miller tragedyfearreality I’m always scared to death that I won’t do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator. Hilary Swank crushfearjustice If there is one thing which I would banish from the earth it is fear. Henry Ford one-thingearthfear Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong? Holly Near killing-someonefeardeath Man torturing man is a fiend beyond description. You turn a corner in the dark and there he is. You congeal into a bundle of inanimate fear. You become the very soul of anesthesia. But there is no escaping him. It is your turn now. Henry Miller feardarkmen When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. Henry David Thoreau musicdangerfear For some reason or other man looks for the miracle, and to accomplish it he will wade through blood. He will debauch himself with ideas, he will reduce himself to a shadow if for only one second of his life he can close his eyes to the hideousness of reality. Everything is endured-disgrace, humiliation, poverty, war, crime, ennui-in the belief that overnight something will occur, a miracle, which will render life tolerable. Henry Miller eyefearwar If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost. Henry Ward Beecher fearmenthinking Fear is an acid which is pumped into one's atmosphere. It causes mental, moral and spiritual asphyxiation, and sometimes death; death to energy and all growth. Horace Fletcher atmospherespiritualfear We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule; to a fourth, of poverty; to a fifth, of loneliness ... for all of us, our particular creature waits in ambush. Horace Walpole painlonelinessfear I fear no man, no woman; Hilda Doolittle flowerfearmen Cruelty and fear shake hands together. Honore de Balzac feartogetherhands Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear. Horace Mann pridefeardeath In regard to the great mass of men, anything that breaks the realm of fear is not salutary, but dangerous; because it takes off one of the hoops that hold the barrel together in which the evil spirits are confined. Henry Ward Beecher evilfearmen Nothing's beautiful from every point of view. Horace viewsfearbeautiful Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness. Honore de Balzac jealousyfearheart«4748495051525354555657»
