“Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one’s spirit, the more vulnerable it is.”

— Andrew Vachss

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American writer and lawyer 1942

Edward Yashinsky

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“Your fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.”

Robert Greene book The 50th Law

Source: The 50th Law

“A man fears that conflict with his wife will lead to less intimacy, not more intimacy.”

Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

Source: Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000), p. 17.

“There are really only two positions one can take toward anything in life: hope or fear. Hope strengthens, fear kills.”

Karen Marie Moning book Darkfever

Variant: There are only really two positions one can take toward anything in life: hope or fear. Hope strengthens, fear kills.
Source: Darkfever

“My fear of abandonment is exceeded only by my terror of intimacy.”

Ethlie Ann Vare (1953) American journalist

“Fear only has one enemy and that is a confident persona.”

Torrie Wilson (1975) American professional wrestler

WWE Hall of Fame induction (2019)

“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.
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