--- title: "10 Afraid Human Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Afraid Human quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Afraid Human sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/pablo-casals-7862_being-human_the-earth-becomes-heaven-when-you-releas_3040489.png" --- > [The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/the-earth-becomes-heaven-when-you-release-your-fear-the-main-thing-in/) [Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/pablo-casals-7862_being-human_the-earth-becomes-heaven-when-you-releas_3040489.png) > [“The main thing in life is not to be afraid to be human.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/the-main-thing-in-life-is-not-to-be-afraid-to-be-human/) [Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/pablo-casals-7862_afraid_the-main-thing-in-life-is-not-to-be-afra_689155.png) > [The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-carter/the-main-thing-in-life-is-not-to-be-afraid-of-being-human/) [Aaron Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/aaron-carter-23770_afraid_the-main-thing-in-life-is-not-to-be-afra_1201847.png) > [Feeling vulnerable, imperfect, and afraid is human. It's when we lose our capacity to hold space for these struggles that we become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/feeling-vulnerable-imperfect-and-afraid-is-human-it-s-when-we-lose/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/bren-brown-280_capacity_feeling-vulnerable-imperfect-and-afraid_1281908.jpg) > [“Am I afraid of ghosts? My life experience has taught me to be much more afraid of what a human is capable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-maraboli/am-i-afraid-of-ghosts-my-life-experience-has-taught-me-to-be-much/) [Steve Maraboli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-maraboli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/steve-maraboli-178_fear_am-i-afraid-of-ghosts-my-life-experience_965049.jpg) > [“When all is said and done, it is perfectly alright to be afraid. It is human to fear death but childish not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-pernicone/when-all-is-said-and-done-it-is-perfectly-alright-to-be-afraid-it-is/) [Shmuel Pernicone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shmuel-pernicone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/shmuel-pernicone-40661_afraid_when-all-is-said-and-done-it-is-perfectl_3187408.jpg) > [Don't be afraid to be human - you're human, you're going to have emotional days. You're going to have days when things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-colfer/don-t-be-afraid-to-be-human-you-re-human-you-re-going-to-have/) [Chris Colfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-colfer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/chris-colfer-1370_afraid_don-t-be-afraid-to-be-human-you-re-human_2931899.jpg) > [Having said that, I must now admit that I was still afraid of human beings, and before I could meet even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/having-said-that-i-must-now-admit-that-i-was-still-afraid-of-human/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/osamu-dazai-2813_art_having-said-that-i-must-now-admit-that-i_3016957.jpg) > [“Why do we so dread to think of our species as a species? Can it be that we are afraid of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/why-do-we-so-dread-to-think-of-our-species-as-a-species-can-it-be/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/john-steinbeck-71_quote_why-do-we-so-dread-to-think-of-our-speci_599302.jpg) > [“In art, in history man fights his fears, he wants to live forever, he is afraid of death, he wants to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/in-art-in-history-man-fights-his-fears-he-wants-to-live-forever-he-is/) [Anaïs Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/anais-nin-288_afraid-of-death_in-art-in-history-man-fights-his-fears-h_1368737.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afraid-human/#itemlist", "name": "Afraid Human Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. 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