“The secret to not being afraid is to understand what scares you”

“What changed for me was – I don’t want to go through life being scared of it, being scared of love, being scared of rejection, being scared of failure.”

Chris Martin (1977) musician, co-founder of Coldplay

“What's better: to not be afraid or to know that you can handle being afraid?”

Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology

“We are afraid of what we do not know. Therefore, the secret of fear is in knowing as much as you can. Leaving all the dogmas behind you!”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“The secret of success is understanding what it can affect.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

“You have decided being scared is caused mostly by thinking.”

David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) American fiction writer and essayist

“I'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings.”

Walter Jon Williams (1953) American fiction writer

“People are afraid to die, because they do not know what is death. The gnani has died before his death, he saw that there was nothing to be afraid of. The moment you know your real being, you are afraid of nothing. Death gives freedom and power. (…) The happiness of being absolutely free is beyond description. (…).”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

“People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were too scared of being alone.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Survivor

“I am human, sometimes I feel afraid and sometimes I am worried because even though I am not afraid to spend a few years in jail, I understand that my mother and friends will be worried. I always discuss this in my head. … I'm more scared to live in this country, in this world, and do nothing: to spend life too afraid of everything, too afraid to speak or go to certain places, to just be in a normal work and don't create anything for the next generation. In my understanding, that is much more scary than to go to jail.”

Oksana Shachko (1987–2018) Ukrainian artist and activist with FEMEN