Fear

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

I have this fear of clowns, so I think that if I surround myself with them, it will ward off all evil.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That's what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.