Fear of the Unfamiliar Quotes

We fear only what we haven’t understood.

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

Poor strangers, they have so much to be afraid of.

When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic.

We all fear what we don't know - it's natural.

Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.

I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing.

There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change.

Fear is where the information is.

The truth is rarely as dreadful or as terrifying as what one imagines.

And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for the soul, when it is terror in the face of a noble object.

Being frightened of things is worse than the things themselves.

And when you're alone there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that-it's all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing. Everything is unknown-then you're ahead of the game. That's what it is. Right?

It's not the darkness that people fear; it's what they imagine into the darkness.

Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

Fear makes idiots out of us all, at some time or other.

You musn’t be afraid of the dark.’ ‘I’m not,’ said Shadow. ‘I’m afraid of the people in the dark.

Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

It's the unknown that makes me feel the most vulnerable.

In studying the history of the human mind one is impressed again and again by the fact that its growth keeps pace with a widening range of consciousness, and that each step forward is an extremely painful and laborious achievement. One could almost say that nothing is more hateful to man than to give up the smallest particle of unconsciousness. He has a profound fear of the unknown. Ask anybody who has ever tried to introduce new ideas!

It is fear that is the greatest cause of misery in the world.

You’re not making my mistakes, Bella. You sound like you’re scared silly, and I’m guessing it’s because you’re afraid of me.

Fear of difference is fear of life itself.