fear Quotes

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

I came across few whites as a boy at Qunu. The local magistrate, of course, was white, as was the nearest shopkeeper. Occasionally, white travelers or policemen passed through our area. These whites appeared as grand as gods to me, and I was aware that they were to be treated with a mixture of fear and respect.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.

No one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good.