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Fear Quotes by Laozi
- Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if…
- Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your…
- Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next…
- Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like…
- If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it.…
- Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.
- When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the Tao, warheads are…
- If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.
- Praise and disgrace cause fear.
- Praise leads to weakness. Getting it causes fear, losing it causes fear.
- If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
- There is no illusion great than fear.
- Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
- Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have…
- Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
- The leader is best, When people are hardly aware of his existence, Not so good when people praise his government, Less good when people stand…
- Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; and shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status…
- Do not fear the aging of the body for it is the body's way of seeking the root.
- To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor…
- If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there…
- Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your…
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