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Fear Quotes - Page 4

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.

George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.

Franz Kafka (2013). “The Metamorphosis”, p.135, Modern Library

To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying.

Richard Henry Lee (1825). “Memoir of the Life of Richard H. Lee, and His Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Men in America and Europe”

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.

Jon Kabat-Zinn (2013). “Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness”, p.521, Bantam

Know the enemy and know yourself.

The Art of War ch. 3 (translation by Yuan Shibang)

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Thomas Paine (2016). “THOMAS PAINE Ultimate Collection: Political Works, Philosophical Writings, Speeches, Letters & Biography (Including Common Sense, The Rights of Man & The Age of Reason): The American Crisis, The Constitution of 1795, Declaration of Rights, Agrarian Justice, The Republican Proclamation, Anti-Monarchal Essay, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington…”, p.1336, e-artnow

Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.

"'Bihar al-Anwar' ('Seas of Lights')". Hadith book by Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Volume 72,