Quotes by Fear You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea. Pearl S. Buck painchangefear we tend to attract the things we fear. Peace Pilgrim fear We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering, we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is we only become more fearful, more hardened and more alienated. We experience ourselves as being separate from the whole. This separateness becomes like a prison for us - a prison that restricts us to our personal hopes and fears, and to caring only for the people nearest to us. Curiously enough, if we primarily try to shield ourselves from discomfort, we suffer. Yet, when we don't close off, when we let our hearts break, we discover our kinship with all beings. Pema Chodron truthfearheart I’m afraid of love, because it involves things that are beyond our understanding; it sheds such a brilliant light, but the shadow it casts frightens me. Paulo Coelho understandinglightfear Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. Percy Bysshe Shelley moving-forwardfearpositive Fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. Paulo Coelho fearheartmotivational Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel. Persis Khambatta insecurefearpeople Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that it is death itself that motivates them to do the best things in their lives. They are afraid to step into the dark, afraid of the unknown, and their only way of conquering that fear is to ignore the fact that their days are numbered. They do not see that with an awareness of death, they would be able to be even more daring, to go much further in their daily conquests, because then they would have nothing to lose- for death itself is inevitable. Paulo Coelho feardarktrying A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it's time to stop struggling and look directly at what's threatening us. Pema Chodron threatening-usstrugglefear Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth Pema Chodron wisdomwisefear A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat. Paulo Coelho wisdomfearinspirational So do we discover, in the world, that our worst fears are Peter Ackroyd delightfearorder I am still in shock and awe at being fired. Peter Arnett shock-and-awedownsizingfear It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the master work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years. Paulo Coelho procrastinationfearyears Fears don't exist in isolation. They tend to rise and fall depending on what people think they can do about them. Peter Beinart fearfallthinking There's nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That's their instinct. But this fish doesn't run from anything. He doesn't fear. Peter Benchley fearsearunning If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear. Paulo Coelho confidencefearinspirational It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. Peter De Vries godfearorder People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want. Paulo Coelho fearhappinesslife That is what we are, what we do: nose a net, push push, a net that never exists. The knots in the mesh as strong as our own believing. Our own fears. Peter Heller strongfearbelieve«93949596979899100101102103»
