If we live in a state of constant fear, can we remain human?

If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

What's important is to remain human.

— Katerina Gogou

The fear of death is the fear of the end of an illusion; so long as the illusion persists so long will the fear…

— Christmas Humphreys

“If you always look over your shoulder, how can you still remain human?”

— Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr

On some level we trade passion for security, that's trading one illusion for another. It's a matter of degree. We can't live in constant…

— Esther Perel

Death is not the enemy; living in constant fear of it is.

— Norman Cousins

If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?

— Laozi

I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam…

— Shawn Johnson

I think people, unfortunately, do live in constant fear.

— Marc Forster

Deep down, we remain human, very human and have all the desires to love and be loved by one person.

— Basil Hume

Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

I should at least mention that I am also discovering a degree of strength and of basic ability for humans to remain human in…

— Rachel Corrie

“As I saw myself moving ever farther toward the social margin, nothing healed me of a sore and angry heart like a walk through…

— Vivian Gornick

“...he was dimly aware that if you wish to remain a human being under Fascism, there is an easier option than survival -- death.”

— Vasily Grossman

Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in arbitration; but the soldier's occupation we cannot say is…

— Rutherford B. Hayes