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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Fear

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Fear always springs from ignorance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature, addresses, and lectures”, p.64, Harvard University Press

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.185, Harvard University Press

O friend, never strike sail to a fear!

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “Essays”, p.176, ReadHowYouWant.com

Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Susan Sutton Smith, Ralph H. Orth (1990). “The Topical Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.306, University of Missouri Press

Fear is cruel and mean.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.130, Harvard University Press

All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are ... punished by fear.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2000). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.201, Modern Library

They who talk much of destiny, their birth-star, etc., are in a lower dangerous plane, and invite the evils they fear.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.84, Penguin

We seldom see anybody who is not uneasy or afraid to live.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.154

Fear is an instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1808). “Select Essays and Poems”, p.15

Pain is superficial, and therefore fear is. The torments of martyrdoms are probably most keenly felt by the by-standers.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters”, p.212, London S. Low, Son & Marston 1870.