“There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.”
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“The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.”
“As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.”
“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.”
“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
“Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.”
“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.”
“Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.”
“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.”
“The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.”
“Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.”
“There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.”
“My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.”
“Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.”
“Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.”
“Fear has its use but cowardice has none.”
“I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.”
“Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.”
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”
“Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.”
“This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.”
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
“I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.”
“The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!”