#fear

It is of men, and of them only, that one should always be frightened. ↗

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline

#humanity #men

What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray. ↗

— Montesquieu

#reason #religion #men

Monsters don’t exist. It’s men you should be afraid of, not monsters. ↗

— Niccolò Ammaniti

#fear #malice #monsters #people #men

He himself, he realized, had always been most abominably frightened, even at the height of his divine power, a frail god upon a rickety throne, afraid of opening letters, of making decisions, afraid of the instinctive knowledge in the eyes of mules, of the innocent eyes of good men, of the elastic nature of the passions, even of the devotion he had received from some men, and one woman, and dogs. ↗

— Patrick White

#devotion #dogs #fear #gods #innocence

Most of the great evil in the world happens not at the hands of malice, but of fear. Because good people, the ones who would do the right thing, don’t do it, out of that fear. ↗

— Breeana Puttroff

#inspirational #love #malice #inspirational

I fear nothing when I am doing right,' said Jack. 'Then,' said the lady in the red cap, 'you are one of those who slay giants. ↗

— Andrew Lang

#fear #giants #inspirational #jack #right

From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief - so how fear? ↗

— Gautam Buddha

#inspirational

live ur life like u r dead on the day u understood the world....after thinking that ur biggest fear is gone.....and its just remained to have fun ↗

— SAMBAL CHAULAGAIN

#fear #fun #inspiration #wisdom #inspirational

I think loving someone, despite what people think, is FEARLESS. <3 ↗

— Taylor Swift

#fearless-love #inspirational #love #love-story #taylor-swift

The only thing that keeps us from a place of joy is an illusion, the illusion of fear. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#happiness #illusion #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy