Abandonment Quote by Theodor Adorno

Every increase of needs tends to increase one's independence on outside forces over which one cannont have control and therefore increases existential fear

— Anonymous

“through such experiences they understood that to be bound by another’s needs and wishes was perhaps, in essence, a far more fearful state than…

— Christina McKenna

Research shows that happy people look for opportunity while others see only crises. Surrendering fear is healthy!

— Judith Orloff

“Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the level to…

— Brené Brown

“The juxtaposition of fear and helplessness, set up next to complete pleasure and eventual surrender”

— Thomas Kitty

“Happiness comes from the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.”

— Storm Jameson

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

— Nelson Mandela

“Limiting one’s desires actually helps to cure one of fear. ‘Cease to hope … and you will cease to fear.’ … Widely different [as…

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“The distance that separates a person's fear from their determination is identical with the span between their dreams and reality.”

— Shawn Stern

Fear begins and ends with the desire to be secure; inward and outward security, with the desire to be certain, to have permanency. The…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it's not. It is an existential truth:…

— Osho

One becomes gradually accustomed to a new realization of the nature of 'happiness': one has to assume happiness when Fate does not carry out…

— Sigmund Freud