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I can recall, as a young adult, running through the rain forest at the Forest Reserve, at times feeling a sense of fear when I felt I was in danger. In danger of confronting an ugly snake or a coral snake, which represented the greatest fear of someone in a rural area when you traverse the forest.

When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.

Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones just in case, but I wasn't afraid of him. I felt a hunter's exhilaration and a brotherly feeling.

When you hear that howl alone at night in the forest, it's one of the most frightening sounds you'll ever hear.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

I'm afraid of animals.

There is something about seeing rhinos and lions running free that excites you. It's not that you feel afraid; it's more like you're liberated by seeing them.

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.