We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Fear warps our understanding of reality and even our ability to see reality clearly.
Fear is our deepest and strongest emotion, and the one which best lends itself to the creation of nature-defying illusions.
There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.
Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
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