1960s, Freedom From The Known (1969)
Context: We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore every form of philosophy, every form of theological concept, is merely an escape from the actual reality of what is. All outward forms of change brought about by wars, revolutions, reformations, laws and ideologies have failed completely to change the basic nature of man and therefore of society.
“One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.”
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
“Most people are more afraid of the unknown than death.”
Future Proofing You (2021)
Usher II (1950)
The Martian Chronicles (1950)
Source: Fahrenheit 451
Context: They began by controlling books of cartoons and then detective books and, of course, films, one way or another, one group or another, political bias, religious prejudice, union pressures; there was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves.
Variant: Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change.
Source: The House of the Spirits
“We are not afraid of the owl, we are the hawks.”
Source: Aşıkpaşoğlu History (Prepared: Atsız), 79
