Wednesday, May 04, 2005

A few quotes about fear.

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
---- Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933

"Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is."
---- German Proverb

"Fear is just a feeling. You feel hot, you feel cold, you feel afraid. Fear can never kill you."
---- Chiun, "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" (film)

2 comments:

Garou said...

You forgot:

"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."

Star Wars reference aside, it's a pretty good quote. Fear, left unchecked or unexamined, becomes a problem. It is by admitting your fears, and confronting them, that you deal with it in a constructive manner.

Unknown said...

Nyuck nyuck nyuck. The oven mitt has a point, I'll grant, but I think what you said was a lot easier to parse.