Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity These are its sign and note and character.

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.