Fear Quotes

11978 Fear quotes by 5316 unique authors

All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill. — Gautama Buddha
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. — Gautama Buddha
When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even more. He is… — Gautama Buddha
All beings tremble before violence. All love life. All fear death. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? — Gautama Buddha
From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief- so how fear? — Gautama Buddha
From craving arises sorrow, from craving arises fear, but he who is freed from craving has no sorrow and certainly no fear. — Gautama Buddha
When a man venerates those worthy of veneration, be they Buddhas or their disciples, who have transcended all obstacles and passed beyond sorrow and tears… — Gautama Buddha
It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering… — Gautama Buddha
For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh. — Gautama Buddha
With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear. — Gautama Buddha
Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him? — Plato
... Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me...Surely goodness and love… — Moses
... Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will for seven days appear to you in their benign and peaceful aspect. Their light will shine upon you, ... Wonderful… — Gautama Buddha
And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are… — Plato
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. — Gautama Buddha
The dark ghettos are social, political, educational and-above all-economic colonies. Their inhabitants are subject peoples, victims of the greed, cruelty, insensitivity, guilt, and fear of… — Kenneth Clarke
You will be most effective when members can complement each other without embarrassment and disagree without fear. — Peter R. Scholtes
The artist accepts the limitations of form, not with fear and dread, but as the starting point of creation. — Laurence Boldt
Play with no fear of failure. — Unknown Author
Race is the great taboo in our society. We are afraid to talk about it. White folks fear their unspoken views will be deemed racist.… — Eva Paterson
When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future.… — Gerald Jampolsky
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. — Socrates
I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not… — Socrates
If one is strong be also merciful, so that one's neighbors may respect one rather than fear one. — Chilon of Sparta
It is better to have a right destroyed than to abandon it because of fear. — Phillip Mann

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