Complex systems Quote by Sidney Dekker

“our fear of consequences is always worse than the consequences themselves—can”

— Shawn Achor

Fear of a name increases fear of a thing itself.

— Albus Dumbledore

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

— J. K. Rowling

We avoid the things that we're afraid of because we think there will be dire consequences if we confront them. But the truly dire…

— Shakti Gawain

We are afraid to take risks mainly because we consider the bad things that could happen, why not consider what could go right instead?

— Ivan Avendano

Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear.

— Bruce Lee

“Risk the risks.”

— Lauren Lola

Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.

— Benjamin Carson

You are frightened of everything. You call it caution. You call it common sense. You call it practicality. You call it playing the odds,…

— Mick Farren

“Whatever we are afraid of will likely happen to us”

— Sunday Adelaja

Some people think that if they change the names of things, the things themselves will have changed, too

— David McKay

It's a lot easier to understand things once you name them. It's the unknown that mostly freaks me out. I don't know the name…

— Anonymous