Quotes by Fear One usually thinks people to be more dangerous than they are. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fearpeoplethinking Fear sits and smiles and is predatory, immobile and silent and serene; an observer who conserves his energy and is content to wait. John Scalzi energyfearwaiting Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives. John Scalzi linesfearmay Fear of change perplexes monarchs. John Milton fear-of-changechangefear In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. John Milton changetwilightfear This is the fear that made fish crawl out onto dry land and evolve lungs, the fear that teaches us to run, the fear that makes us bury our dead. John Green landfearrunning A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more. John Steinbeck colorlightfear The tendency has always been strong to believe that whatever received a name must be an entity or being, having an independent existence of its own. And if no real entity answering to the name could be found, men did not for that reason suppose that none existed, but imagined that it was something peculiarly abstruse and mysterious. John Stuart Mill strongrealfear We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure-all your life. John W. Gardner powerfulcouragefear Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. John Steinbeck powerfearloss Truth is a torch but a tremendous one. That is why we hurry past it, shielding our eyes, indeed, in fear of getting burned. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe truthfearlying Fear is that passion which hath the greatest power over us, and by which God and His laws take the surest hold of us. John Tillotson passionlawfear The more two people open to each other, the more this wide-openness also brings to the surface all the obstacles to it: their deepest, darkest wounds, their desperation and mistrust, and their rawest emotional trigger points. Just as the sun's warmth causes clouds to arise by prompting the earth to release its moisture, so love's pure openness activates the thick clouds of our emotional wounding, the tight places where we are shut down, where we live in fear and resist love. John Welwood emotionalfearclouds So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost;Evil,be thou my good. John Milton farewellhopefear Courage and fear were one thing too. John Steinbeck one-thingfear Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. John Wayne veterans-daycouragefear I myself have loved a lady and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation, whom some three or four gallants that have enjoyed would with all their hearts have been glad to have been rid of. 'Tis just like a summer birdcage in a garden: the birds that are without despair to get in, and the birds that are within despair and are in a consumption for fear they shall never get out. John Webster fearsummerheart Religious Cult: The church down the street from yours. Johnny Hart atheismreligiousfear O Conscience, into what abyss of fears John Milton fearlossway I can see clearly now, the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. Johnny Nash gonefearrain«6162636465666768697071»
