Peter Hitchens Quotes

There is less danger in fearing too much than too little.

Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.

There is an innate fear that runs within Israeli society of all that we see and hear around us, and you know what? It's a natural reaction of human beings.

If you're not worried, you're not reasonable.

...she opened the door very slowly and carefully, half hiding behind it, as if badly frightened of what might be waiting for her on the other side. And considering that it was me waiting, this showed rare common sense.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.

I'm scared of everything. I think it's only sensible to be that way.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

Fear is the foundation of safety.

What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being found out.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

So in some ways my life, my background has been isolating and I think I'm a bit more scared as a person. I don't walk alone or in the dark. If I go out the driver will wait for me to go into the house.

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.

A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.

it is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

Always to distrust is an error, as well as always to trust.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

I don't trust anybody.

Be safe and be realistic. They're both equally important.

Wise man also fears a weak enemy.

When I see a new face, something sets off an alarm bell inside me. 'slow down! Danger!' Even when the attraction is strongest, I am on my guard.