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" Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. "

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" The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. "

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" Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so. "

" We do not just fear our predators, we are transfixed by them. We are prone to weave stories and fables and chat endlessly about them. "

" The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct. "

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" I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not. "

" The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety. "

" All men by nature desire knowledge. "

" Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts. "

" It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. "

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" Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. "

" Probably I have more phobias, fear and eccentricities than I would care to admit. I don't think I'm in danger of losing my mind, but I do often question my own behavior. I have a very bad temper, and it's not always healthy for me and for others. I make my way in the world more difficult, and I could do with a little more yoga. "

" I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and what that means for us in a world that's becoming increasingly xenophobic, tortured by fundamentalism and nationalism. "

" Underneath our nice, friendly facades there is great unease. If I were to scratch below the surface of anyone I would find fear, pain, and anxiety running amok. We all have ways to cover them up. We overeat, over-drink, overwork; we watch too much television. "

" Governments sometimes turn paranoid. And they fear things. And sometimes the thing they fear the most is the populace. "

" We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We're connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness is at an all-time high. We must course-correct. "

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" The fear that individuality will be crushed out by the growing 'tyranny' of standardization is the sort of myth which cannot withstand the briefest examination. "

" A statement is persuasive and credible either because it is directly self-evident or because it appears to be proved from other statements that are so. "

" You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense. "

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" Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun. "

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" My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. "

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" Don't be afraid to see what you see. "

" You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed. "

" A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear. "

" I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear! "

" Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of. "

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" When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to. "