#fear

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#continuous #cry #emergency #fear #fervor

Do not fear lest you should meditate too much upon Him and speak of Him in an unworthy way, providing you are led by faith. Do not fear lest you should entertain false opinions of Him so long as they are in conformity with the notion of the infinitely perfect Being. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

#conformity #entertain #faith #false #fear

Uncertainty! fell demon of our fears! The human soul that can support despair, supports not thee. ↗

— David Mallet

#despair #fears #fell #human #human soul

There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are. ↗

— Barry Mann

#alcohol #become #big #fear #how

I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside. ↗

— Barry Mann

#i #i think #inspired #just #most

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart. ↗

— Horace Mann

#begin #brought #chastisement #child #conduct

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear. ↗

— Horace Mann

#death #different #different thing #during #fear

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day. ↗

— Marcus Valerius Martial

#day #fear #last #nothing #prefer

You cannot avoid war in life, you cannot avoid the fear of terrorism, you cannot avoid those things now, they are a part of everyday demeanor. ↗

— John Mayer

#cannot #demeanor #everyday #fear #life

In No. 1 of this street the cholera first appeared seventeen years ago, and spread up it with fearful virulence; but this year it appeared at the opposite end, and ran down it with like severity. ↗

— Henry Mayhew

#appeared #cholera #down #end #fearful