Mason Cooley Fear Quotations

Everyone fears and courts his own demon.

Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.

Boredom and fear keep us working and obeying the laws.

If "there is no harm in asking," why guilt and fear when we do so?

Fear regulates. Appetite impels.

Too timid to talk back, I shot my adversary.

I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.

Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.

Always clamping down on excitement is not self-control but fear.

Fear of my cruel impulses makes me kind.