“What happens with fear is that probability doesn't matter very much. That is, once I have raised the possibility that something terrible can happen to your child, even though the possibility is remote, you may find it very difficult to think of anything else. Emotion becomes dominant.” ThinkingMayChildrenMatterHappensFearDifficultEmotionPossibilityTerribleOur ChildrenRaisedYour ChildrenDominantProbability Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Fear is another emotion that is strongly suppressed. We cannot afford to be afraid, and so we don't allow ourselves to sense and feel the fear within us. We lower our brows to deny it, set our jaws to defy it, and smile to deceive ourselves. But inwardly we remain scared to death.” FeelsFearEmotionScaredDenyDeceivingBrows Author:Alexander Lowen
“Detachment doesn't mean I'm trying less hard. It just means that fears and emotions that used to torment and paralyze me no longer have the same power over me. Getting to this point hasn't always been easy; it took me years to really learn to silence my mind. But as you move through your career and your life, you will have to learn that if you're not what you do, then what you do has no business keeping you entertained at night.” IfsLifeTryingYearsMindMeanHardMovingUsedNightFearEasyBusinessEmotionSilenceCareersPowerLearningTormentDetachment Author:Kelly Cutrone
“How can you be afraid to feel? Isn't fear a feeling? If you're feeling fear, you've felt one of the most negative emotions there is to feel. Everything else should be a piece of cake. Feel good, feel happy, feel healthy, feel loved, feel abundant, feel creative, feel compassionate, feel knowledgeable, feel powerful.” IfsFeelsShouldFeelingsFeltFearPowerfulEmotionCreativityCreativePiecesHealthHealthyNegativeHappyFeel GoodCakeCompassionateKnowledgeableNegative Emotions Author:Bashar al-Assad
“The years of imprisonment hardened me ... Perhaps if you have been given a moment to hold back and wait for the next blow, your emotions wouldn't be blunted as they have been in my case. When it happens every day of your life, when that pain becomes a way of life ... there is no longer anything I can fear. There is nothing the government has not done to me. There isn't any pain I haven't known.” IfsWayYearsHas BeensI CanDoneMomentsGovernmentHappensPainNextGivenFearWaitingEmotionKnownCasesHavensPrisonBlowImprisonmentHardened Author:Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
“The urge to distribute wealth equally, and still more the belief that it can be brought about by political action, is the most dangerous of all popular emotions. It is the legitimation of envy, of all the deadly sins the one which a stable society based on consensus should fear the most. The monster state is a source of many evils; but it is, above all, an engine of envy.” ShouldStillsStatesActionPoliticalEvilBeliefFearWealthSinEmotionDangerousDangerSourceEnvyMonstersUrgesEnginesStableConsensusPolitical ActionDeadly Sins Author:Paul Johnson
“The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.” BelieveHumansLittlesFearEmotionEssenceStrongestThrillersHuman EmotionsBoogeyman Author:John Carpenter
“Fear is a destructive emotion that can deal a fatal blow to any attempt on your part to build total self-confidence. If you allow your fears to run your life, it will be impossible to create the life you truly desire.” IfsSelfRunningDesireFearDealsEmotionImpossibleBlowSelf ConfidenceDestructive Author:Robert Anthony
“I like to step into areas where I am afraid. Fear is a sign that I am going in the right direction.” FearEmotionStepsDangerAreasRight DirectionGraphic DesignUneasinessJitters Author:April Greiman