Fear Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“The Fear of the Lord, that is the beginning of wisdom, and therefore belongs to the beginnings, and is felt in the first cold…

— G.K. Chesterton

In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.

— Anonymous

“Fear is a false prophet and believes that what it fears is actually coming to pass. At night every trifling occurrence seems more terrible…

— Onasander

“primitive religions are based entirely on fear”

— Albert Einstein

“the religion of personal fear remains nearly at the level of the savage.”

— George Eliot

“The priest must teach the people, the fear of God.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Thus it is brought prominently before us, that superstition’s chief victims are those persons who greedily covet temporal advantages; they it is, who (especially…

— Christopher Hitchens

And this Feare of things invisible, is the naturall Seed of that, which every one in himself calleth Religion; and in them that worship,…

— Thomas Hobbes

“Instead of trying to still his fears he encouraged them, with that superstitious impression which clings to us all that if we expect evil…

— George Eliot

A great fear, when it is ill-managed, is the parent of superstition; but a discreet and well-guided fear produces religion.

— Jeremy Taylor

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand…

— Bertrand Russell

“The church knows that an educated man is an unbeliever. That is why there is a continual struggle on the part of the clergy…

— Joseph Lewis