--- title: "18 Fear Quotes By Dan Brown" description: "18 Fear quotes by Dan Brown. Plus more from Dan Brown and more Fear sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/dan-brown-203_fear_open-your-minds-my-friends-we-all-fear-w_1931838.png" --- > [Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/open-your-minds-my-friends-we-all-fear-what-we-do-not-understand/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/dan-brown-203_fear_open-your-minds-my-friends-we-all-fear-w_1931838.png) > [Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus. And that's fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/only-one-form-of-contagion-travels-faster-than-a-virus-and-that-s-fear/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/dan-brown-203_contagion_only-one-form-of-contagion-travels-faste_1108228.png) > [Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/great-minds-are-always-feared-by-lesser-minds/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/dan-brown-203_fear_great-minds-are-always-feared-by-lesser_162326.png) > [“We all fear what we do not understand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/we-all-fear-what-we-do-not-understand/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/dan-brown-203_fear_we-all-fear-what-we-do-not-understand-67_673323.png) > [Fear cripples faster than any implement of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/fear-cripples-faster-than-any-implement-of-war/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/dan-brown-203_cripples_fear-cripples-faster-than-any-implement_1824641.png) > [“open your mind my friends, we fear what we do not understand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/open-your-mind-my-friends-we-fear-what-we-do-not-understand/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd2/dan-brown-203_fear_open-your-mind-my-friends-we-fear-what-w_1823153.png) > [“The most self-righteous in life become the most fearful in death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/the-most-self-righteous-in-life-become-the-most-fearful-in-death/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/dan-brown-203_death_the-most-self-righteous-in-life-become-t_1422874.png) > [“Fear, Katherine had once heard, acted as a stimulant sharpening the mind's ability to think.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/fear-katherine-had-once-heard-acted-as-a-stimulant-sharpening-the/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/dan-brown-203_fear_fear-katherine-had-once-heard-acted-as-a_1077585.png) > [Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/men-go-to-far-greater-lengths-to-avoid-what-they-fear-than-to-obtain/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/dan-brown-203_desire_men-go-to-far-greater-lengths-to-avoid-w_1636184.png) > [“Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus, Sinskey thought. And that’s fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/only-one-form-of-contagion-travels-faster-than-a-virus-sinskey/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/dan-brown-203_contagion_only-one-form-of-contagion-travels-faste_86356.png) > [“uncertainty is always a precursor to sweeping change; transformation is always preceded by upheaval and fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/uncertainty-is-always-a-precursor-to-sweeping-change-transformation-2/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/dan-brown-203_change_uncertainty-is-always-a-precursor-to-swe_2448276.png) > [“Fear of being judged by an omniscient deity always helps inspire benevolent behavior.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/fear-of-being-judged-by-an-omniscient-deity-always-helps-inspire/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/dan-brown-203_benevolent_fear-of-being-judged-by-an-omniscient-de_2778239.png) > [Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/denial-is-a-critical-part-of-the-human-coping-mechanism-without-it-we-2/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/dan-brown-203_block_denial-is-a-critical-part-of-the-human-c_2567449.png) > [“Uncertainty is always a precursor to sweeping change; transformation is always preceded by upheaval and fear. I urge you to place your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/uncertainty-is-always-a-precursor-to-sweeping-change-transformation/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/dan-brown-203_change_uncertainty-is-always-a-precursor-to-swe_1798046.jpg) > [Oh, this faithless world! Someone must deliver them. You. If not you, who? You have been saved for a reason. Show them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/oh-this-faithless-world-someone-must-deliver-them-you-if-not-you-who/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/dan-brown-203_apathy_oh-this-faithless-world-someone-must-del_131055.png) > [“We are now perched on a strange cusp of history, a time when the world feels like it’s been turned upside down,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/we-are-now-perched-on-a-strange-cusp-of-history-a-time-when-the-world/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/dan-brown-203_change_we-are-now-perched-on-a-strange-cusp-of_286030.jpg) > [“Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/denial-is-a-critical-part-of-the-human-coping-mechanism-without-it-we/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/dan-brown-203_denial_denial-is-a-critical-part-of-the-human-c_1583698.png) > [“Quite simply, the goal of terrorism is to create terror and fear. Fear undermines faith in the establishment. It weakens the enemy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/quite-simply-the-goal-of-terrorism-is-to-create-terror-and-fear-fear/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/dan-brown-203_faith_quite-simply-the-goal-of-terrorism-is-to_785261.jpg) ## Other authors on Fear - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 90 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 84 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-dranil-kr-sinha-102.jpg) DrAnil Kr Sinha 79 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/dranil-kr-sinha/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marianne-williamson-63745.jpg) Marianne Williamson 78 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/marianne-williamson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-veronica-roth-93385.jpg) Veronica Roth 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/veronica-roth/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 73 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 66 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/nishan-panwar/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 66 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [Craig D. 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The farther you go into science,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/the-more-science-i-studied-the-more-i-saw-that-physics-becomes/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [A little faith can do wonders...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/a-little-faith-can-do-wonders/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/for-me-the-spiritual-quest-will-be-a-life-long-work-in-progress/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/sometimes-all-it-takes-is-a-tiny-shift-of-perspective-to-see/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [“Leonardo believed his research had the potential to convert millions to a more spiritual life. Last year he categorically proved the existence of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/leonardo-believed-his-research-had-the-potential-to-convert-millions/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [“The price of greatness...is responsibility - Winston Churchill”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/the-price-of-greatness-is-responsibility-winston-churchill/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/i-am-a-completely-horizontal-author-i-can-t-think-unless-i-m-lying/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/we-did-not-have-a-television-while-i-was-growing-up-and-so-i-read/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [“Robert,” Ambra whispered, “just remember the wise words of Disney’s Princess Elsa.” Langdon turned. “I’m sorry?” Ambra smiled softly. “Let it go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/robert-ambra-whispered-just-remember-the-wise-words-of-disney-s/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [“¿Tienes enemigos? Bien. ¡Eso significa que has defendido algo!”.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/tienes-enemigos-bien-eso-significa-que-has-defendido-algo/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [Who will guard the guards ? If we're the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/who-will-guard-the-guards-if-we-re-the-guards-of-society-then-who/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [“Dante's poem, Langdon was now reminded, was not so much about the misery of hell as it was about the power of the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/dante-s-poem-langdon-was-now-reminded-was-not-so-much-about-the/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [It's kind of a catch-22 now because since the 'Da Vinci Code,' I have access to places and people that I didn't have access…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/it-s-kind-of-a-catch-22-now-because-since-the-da-vinci-code-i-have/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [“The man was no stranger to deception, and yet his heart was pounding wildly now. He took another deep, throbbing breath. You've been deceiving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/the-man-was-no-stranger-to-deception-and-yet-his-heart-was-pounding/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) > [“the entire operating system of the cosmos could be summed up by a single overriding command: spread energy!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/the-entire-operating-system-of-the-cosmos-could-be-summed-up-by-a/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/dan-brown/#itemlist", "name": "18 Fear Quotes By Dan Brown", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Open your minds, my friends. 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