With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. -- Abraham Lincoln
The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. -- Adam Smith
We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves. -- Abraham Maslow
It was the experience of mystery – even if mixed with fear – that engendered religion. -- Albert Einstein
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. -- Bertrand Russell
Love, hope, fear, faith – these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character. -- Robert Browning Hamilton