Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

We judge people in areas where we’re vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we’re doing.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

A man’s delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.

Dread, which is closely related to fear, steals the ability to enjoy ordinary life and makes people anxious about the future. It keeps them from looking forward to the next day, the next month, or the next decade.

It’s human nature to blame someone else for your shortcomings or upsets.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

Men are like lions. We hunt.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Lying is not only saying what isn’t true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler.

The Christ-symbol is of the greatest importance for psychology in so far as it is perhaps the most highly developed and differentiated symbol of the self, apart from the figure of the Buddha.

Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business.

I’m intimidated by the fear of being average.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I’ll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.

I really believed that fear is contagious.

Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone… Bad food is fake food… food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people’s ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives.

Risk is a part of God’s game, alike for men and nations.

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man’s actions.

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.

Propaganda is amazing. People can be led to believe anything.

But men must know, that in this theatre of man’s life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

I feel connected to my generation through the music, but I also fear for us. We’re in a very self-destructive state where we’re addicted to outside opinions and we all feel like we have fans.

I wouldn’t say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I’d like my fear emotion to be less because it’s very distracting and fries my nervous system.

Nixon represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character almost every other country in the world has learned to fear and despise.

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.

Fear is present when we forget that we are a part of God’s divine design. Learning to experience authentic love means abandoning ego’s insistence that you have much to fear and that you are in an unfriendly world. You can make the decision to be free from fear and doubt and return to the brilliant light of love that is always with you.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.

Hatred is settled anger.

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.

I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

Everyone knows nowadays that people ‚have complexes‘. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.