You cannot fear something that you do not know. Nobody is afraid of the unknown. What you really fear is the loss of the known. That’s what you fear.
J. Francis Stroud • Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
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You cannot fear something that you do not know. Nobody is afraid of the unknown. What you really fear is the loss of the known. That’s what you fear.
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti - One is never afraid of the unknown;...
The trick isn't to eliminate fear – it's to develop a relationship with it where you can distinguish between fear that's warning you about real dangers and fear that's just playing old tapes of self-doubt.
Matthew Denman • The Altruistic Renegade
You fear no one because you’re perfectly content to be nobody. You don’t give a damn about success or failure. They mean nothing. Honor, disgrace, they mean nothing! If you make a fool of yourself, that means nothing either. Isn’t that a wonderful state to be in!
J. Francis Stroud • Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
Fear comes from not knowing what’s going to happen; the situation is unpredictable. But by now, we have understood the predictability of the whole situation.
Reginald A. Ray • In the Presence of Masters: Wisdom from 30 Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
There is no object of fear more terrifying to human beings than fear itself and no fear more terrifying than that for which they know no object.
Nathaniel Branden • Honoring the Self: The Pyschology of Confidence and Respect
there’s not a single evil in the world that you cannot trace to fear. Not one.