“Fear is the true enemy, the only enemy.”
Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty
Attributed implicitly to Sun Tzu by "William Riker" in the episode The Last Outpost of the TV program Star Trek: The Next Generation, but no source for this quote predates the episode's airing in 1987.
Misattributed
“He who does not love a flower, has lost all love and fear of God.”
Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853) German poet, translator, editor, novelist, and critic
Wer keine Blume mehr liebt, dem ist alle Liebe und Gottesfurcht verloren. <br class="br">"Der Runenberg", from Phantasus (1812-16) http://ftp4.de.freesbie.org/pub/misc/gutenberg-de/1996/gutenb/tieck/runenbrg/runbrg3.htm; translation from Thomas Carlyle German Romance: Specimens of its Chief Authors, (London: Tait, 1827), vol. 2, p. 107.
Dave Ramsey (1960) American financial advisor
“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Pt. 1, ch. 2
Jean Louise (Scout) Finch
Variant: I never loved reading until I feared I would lose it. One does not love breathing.
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
“There are 6 reasons that a person does anything: Love, faith, greed, boredom, fear… revenge.”
Ally Carter book Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
Source: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
“The greatest enemy to fear is truth.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 101
