Quotes by Fear Cast your whole vote, not a piece of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless when it conforms to a majority; but is irresistable when it clogs by its whole weight. If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose. Henry David Thoreau giving-upfearwar To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. Homer intimatefearmen It was Christianity which first painted the devil on the worlds walls; It was Christianity which first brought sin into the world. Belief in the cure which it offered has now been shaken to it's deepest roots; but belief in the sickness which it taught and propagated continues to exists. Friedrich Nietzsche wallrootsfear The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task. Friedrich Nietzsche atheismhumanityfear The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons against the most fearsome state or corporate power. Howard Zinn economyweaponsfear What is new, however, is always evil, being that which wants to conquer and overthrow the old boundary markers and the old pieties; and only what is old is good. The good men are in all ages those who dig the old thoughts, digging deep and getting them to bear fruit - the farmers of the spirit. But eventually all land is depleted, and the ploughshare of evil must come again and again. Friedrich Nietzsche landfearmen The fear of God kills all other fears. Hugh Black fear My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. Huey Newton mobilizationpoliticsfear Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act. Howard Zinn pessimismselffear One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear. Friedrich Nietzsche pridefearmean We felt that the police needed a label, a label other than that fear image that they carried in the community. So we used the pig as the rather low-lifed animal in order to identify the police. And it worked. Huey Newton fearanimalpigs People die of fright and live of confidence. Henry David Thoreau frightfearpeople It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, - always do what you are afraid to do. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow rayslightfear I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not fall from heaven. But a 'mistake' is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder I am not dealing with the facts. When I have listened to my mistakes I have grown. Hugh Prather betrayalfearmistake It's not that we fear the place of darkness, but that we don't think we are worth the effort to find the place of light. Hugh Prather lightfearthinking Fears, indecision, and frustration feed on words. Without words they usually stop. . . . Words are at times good for looking back, but they are confining when I need to act in the present. Hugh Prather frustrationfearneeds When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality. Henry David Thoreau wisefearreality Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. Hunter S. Thompson atheismfearmight I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright. Henry Rollins minutesfearremember Sail on ship of state, sail on, I union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, with all its hopes of future years, is hanging on thy fate! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow futurestrongfear«4849505152535455565758»
