“The repetition of the days have taught me to fear nothing in life except the fear of my own ignorance.”

“There is nothing to fear except fear it's self.”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

“There is nothing to fear except the power you give to your own demons.”

Sally Gardner book The Red Necklace

“I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.”

Chaim Potok book My Name Is Asher Lev

“Nothing is terrible except fear itself.”
Nil terribile nisi ipse timor.

Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author

“I fear my ignorance.”

Isaac Asimov book The Gods Themselves

“I had nothing to fear from my father.
Except his disappointment.
Which was no small thing.”

Barbara Delinsky (1945) American writer

“Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind

“Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.”

Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer

“Death makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a negation of both life and death. Whoever has overcome his fear of death has also triumphed over life. For life is nothing but another word for this fear.”

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist