Inspirational Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance. [Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige Unwissenheit.]

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

— Mary Catherine Bateson

Fears to look bad in front of other people, to say something wrong, to be laughed at - all those fears deprive us of…

— Simon Soloveychik

A system of thought that accepts no inconsistencies is a frightful thing.

— Howard Jacobson

“Now one rather annoying thing about scholars is that they are always using big words that some of us can't understand and one sometimes…

— Benjamin Hoff

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

— William Faulkner

If people had no fear, you'd hardly need to have to teach them. It's the fear that screws everything up.

— Keith Johnstone

Something I learned long ago. It is not necessary to know what a person is afraid of. It is enough to know the person…

— Lawrence Block

A true teacher does not terrorize ignorant students, because a true teacher knows that it is his job to cure ignorance.

— Miriam Defensor Santiago

Professors could silence me then; they had figures, diagrams, maps, books… I was learning that books and diagrams can be evil things if they…

— Agnes Smedley

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero