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Fear Quotes by James A. Baldwin
- Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
- Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
- To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.
- Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
- Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not…
- Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty...the wet eyes of the sentimentalist betray his aversion to experience, his…
- All of us know, whether or not we are able to admit it, that mirrors can only lie, that death by drowning is all that…
- It must be remembered that in those great days I was considered to be an "integrationist" - this was never, quite, my own idea of…
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