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Fear Quotes by Baruch Spinoza
- Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. [They are the two sides of a coin, so learning how to manage fear through learning,…
- There is no fear without some hope, and no hope without some fear.
- We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and that…
- There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
- The supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious title of religion…
- The greatest secret of monarchic rule...is to keep men deceived and to cloak in the specious name of religion the fear by which they must…
- Since love of God is the highest felicity and happiness of man, his final end and the aim of all his actions, it follows that…
- the ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain by fear, nor to exact obedience, but to free every man from fear that…
- Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
- Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstancesby set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently…
More Fear Quotes
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
- Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't… — Darren Aronofsky
- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad