It is bad policy to regulate everything... where things may better regulate themselves and can be better promoted by private exertions but it is no less bad policy to let those things alone which can only be promoted by interfering social power.

What I think we fear is rapid pronounced and uncontrollable changes to ourselves and because of this we have a form of personality inertia - something that resists rapid change.

I don't think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians but if that's Christian count me out. Fundamentalism is built on fear and greed. They're telling you to give them your money otherwise you're going to hell.

When as we must often do we fear science we really fear ourselves.

Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice we can free ourselves from fear anguish and loneliness.

When men don't fear God they give themselves to evil.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.

I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens not as Democrats attacking the administration but as citizens whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?

A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it most people aim at it all people fear it and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.

In the company of the accomplished people hope it will rub off on themselves in the company of the misfortunate they fear it!

If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves.

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong who will protect us? If they are not imperfect how can we equal them?

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt is already accomplished.

I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate to fear God that's not religion that's not helping humanity that's organizing an army to defeat somebody.

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

I write for those women who do not speak for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us but it won't.

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

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.

When you're famous you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you and you don't see the real people.

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.