Fear Cycle Quotes

My biggest fear in life is fear.

My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth.

No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can't we learn from all we've been through after two thousand years?

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness; aggressiveness engenders hostility; hostility engenders fear, a disastrous circle.

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

There's something that really frightens me - and that's fear.

Let us be terrible in order to prevent the people from being terrible themselves!

Even snakes are afraid of snakes.

Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time.

Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.

Remember that fear causes to happen the very things it fears. That's why fear should be unknown to us.

Fear generates anger, and fear generates violence, and those were part of what built the Saudi state.

As soon as I have begun to fear I have ceased to fear.

He who strikes terror into others is himself in continual fear.

I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself.

My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.

Feelings and stories of unworthiness and shame are perhaps the most binding element in the trance of fear. When we believe something is wrong with us, we are convinced we are in danger. Our shame fuels ongoing fear, and our fear fuels more shame. The very fact that we feel fear seems to prove that we are broken or incapable. When we are trapped in trance, being fearful and bad seem to define who we are. The anxiety in our body, the stories, the ways we make excuses, withdraw or lash out—these become to us the self that is most real.

To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.

I really believed that fear is contagious.

Fear begets suspicion and distrust and evil imaginings of all sorts, till each government feels it would be criminal … of its own country not to take every precaution [armament], while every Government regards every precaution of every other government as evidence of hostile intent.

Fear leads to more fear, and trust leads to more trust.

Your fear of letting go prevents you from letting go of your fear of letting go.