The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later.

Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain anxiety fear and self-doubt. For many of us the confusion around this question is excruciating.

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.

I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate to fear God that's not religion that's not helping humanity that's organizing an army to defeat somebody.

I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can and when once you take hope and fear away you take from it its very life and being.

In itself homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man either a human being without feeling fear restraint or obligation.