The paradox of fear. How an obsession with safety gets in the way of our lives (№ 454994)

Roosevelt understood that fear played an important role in both despair and recovery potential. He knew that fear was crippling and destructive at times, even if the sense of impending danger was ultimately irrational. Roosevelt described it very eloquently when he said: "...Let me express the firm conviction that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, nameless, reckless, causeless horror, paralyzing the efforts necessary to turn a retreat into an offensive."