Alexander Lowen Quotes

I don't cry America. I do not cry. That was a once in a lifetime event. I do not cry, do you understand? I don't cry, okay?

There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by them.

Everyone's frightened. It's how you deal with that fear. It's very, very powerful. And what you've got to do is get it as a tailwind instead of a headwind. And that's a little bit of a judo trick in your mind. And once you learn that, fear starts to excite you. Because you know that you are going to enter into something and try it and risk.

We can learn to suppress our feelings for other reasons.

Why should he who is scared be careful?

Never, never let a person know you're frightened. And a group of them ... absolutely never. Fear brings out the worst in everybody.

We're as good at talking ourselves out of fear as into it, aren't we? Maybe better.

One of the best ways of repressing emotions is artificial certainty.

Fear is a good thing because it keeps you alive, but if it becomes so great that it hinders you from doing what you want, you need to confront it head-on

Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. "Does nothing frighten you, sule?" "Actually, pretty much everything here does—I'm just good at ignoring the fact that I'm terrified. If I ever realize how scared I am, you'll probably find me trying to hide under those cobblestones over there.

People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don't dream at all.

Never run when you're scared. Rule 7.

How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.

Sometimes I wanna drop a tear but no emotion from a king.

That afternoon I came to understand that one of the deepest purposes of intellectual sophistication is to provide distance between us and our most disturbing personal truths and gnawing fears.

Fear is a force that sharpens your senses. Being afraid is a state of paralysis in which you can't do anything.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us. How dare we let it into our decision-making, into our livelihoods, into our relationships. It's funny, isn't it? We take a day a year to dress up in costumes and celebrate fear.

Fears don't exist in isolation. They tend to rise and fall depending on what people think they can do about them.

Contrary to popular belief, the experience of terror does not make you braver. Perhaps though, it is easier to hide your fear when you're afraid all the time.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

And we've read scary books and watched scary movies and TV shows together. He's met monsters, ghouls, and demons on the page and on the screen. There's nothing like watching Anaconda with your best friend or lying in bed next to your mother reading Roald Dahl, because that way you get to explore dark stuff safely. You get to laugh with it, to step out on the vampire's dance floor and take him for a spin, and then step back into your life. When you make friends with fear, it can't rule you.

I can't run away when I'm scared. I always have to attack. That's how I deal with seemingly difficult things.

Fear is only good when you have a choice in things.

Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic.