Blame Quote by Marilyn Ferguson

“External enemies, however brutal they are, only affect us during one lifetime. They have no power to harm us beyond this life. On the…

— Dalai Lama XIV

Our psychological reality, which lies below the surface, frightens us because it endlessly surprises us and drives us in a direction which society's rules…

— Anais Nin

“People are hurt and afraid at a subtle psychological level—and are therefore self-absorbed, incapable of taking on larger perspectives and incapable of acting upon…

— Hanzi Freinacht

“The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of human thought. The fear grows shadowy; and Imagination, the enemy of men, the father…

— Joseph Conrad

What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things…

— Epictetus

“Emotional fear is a hindrance without purpose. Instinctual fear breeds caution and knowledge of one’s surroundings. One would be at a disadvantage without it.”

— Kel Kade

Our instinctive emotions are those that we have inherited from a much more dangerous world, and contain, therefore, a larger portion of fear than…

— Bertrand Russell

Feelings and stories of unworthiness and shame are perhaps the most binding element in the trance of fear. When we believe something is wrong…

— Tara Brach

In an age of enormities, the emotions are naturally weakened. We are continually called upon to have feelings - about genocide, for instance, or…

— Saul Bellow

Fear is the most costly of all the human emotions, even though most fears have no foundation in fact.

— Napoleon Hill

“The things that frighten us most are those that remind us of our fragile existence”

— Sumiko Saulson

There is yet a silent agony in which the mind appears to disdain all external help, and broods over its distresses with gloomy reserve.…

— Oliver Goldsmith