The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown
H.P. LovecraftTags: fear-of-unknown
In the presence of the storm, thunderbolts, hurricane, rain, darkness, and the lions, which might be concealed but a few paces away, he felt disarmed and helpless.
Henryk SienkiewiczTags: fear fear-of-unknown fright helplessness wilderness terror thunderstorms
Fear of the unknown and the other is the root of almost all hate. It is born of ignorance and fed by those who would keep us divided.
Tinnekke BeboutTags: hate ignorance diversity fear-of-unknown tolerance-respect
The uncertainty, the fear of the unknown was driving him, almost to the point of desperation. He felt as if he was going down a dark stairway, missing a step, hurtling into the unknown and having no idea where he would land.
Ken PuddicombeTags: uncertainty fear-of-unknown racing-with-the-rain
Once we face our fear, once we treat our anxiety itself as a thing, we can then choose otherwise. Instead of filling the unknown in our minds with expectations of the tragic, we can choose to fill the void with a different expectation – the expectation of adventure.
For example, Seneca, the Greek philosopher, refused to be afraid of what he did not know. When asked if he was afraid of dying, he replied, “Absolutely not, why should I be afraid of something I know nothing about.” His orientation toward the unknown of death was not to fill the gap in his understanding with horror but potential.
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Fear sees, even when eyes are closed.
Wayne Gerard TrotmanTags: scifi fear wisdom science-fiction sci-fi fear-of-unknown telepathy fear-of-death fear-of-failure psychic psychic-powers chi-ro-jin
For he or she that harbours no fear has never truly loved anything. You can only measure true love by the thought and fear of its loss.
Chris JirikaTags: fear-of-unknown feelings-of-weakness motivational-inspirational
It never ceases to amaze me when God wants to take someone to the next level in their life and they let fear of the unknown rob them of tremendous blessings. I think there are two common problems with Christians- They are scared to death of being truly free and of God's overwhelming love.
R. Alan WoodsTags: fear-of-unknown fear-of-failure fear-of-living r-alan-woods
Do we really want to be rid of our resentments, our anger, our fear? Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for fear of the unknown.
(Narcotics Anonymous Book/page 33)
Tags: fear resentment fear-of-unknown narcotics-anonymous
We are against ignorance. We feel that you have to educate yourself, no matter what the situation is. People who refuse to educate themselves - people who refuse to find out what something is about, that they're frightened of - find comfort in being ignorant.”
--Zeena Schreck Interview for KJTV-1990
Tags: fear individuality morality ignorance self-determination autonomy fear-of-unknown independent-thinking
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