* Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just. And how can we fight for liberty if we are not free in our own minds? How can we ask others to sacrifice if we are not ready to do so?... Only in true surrender to the interest of all can we reach that strength and independence, that unity of purpose, that equity of judgment which are necessary if we are to measure up to our duty to the future, as men of a generation to whom the chance was given to build in time a world of peace.
= Dag Hammarskjöld, in UN Press Release SG/360 (22 December 1953)

* "Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
= Dag Hammarskjöld, in a statement on the 180th anniversary of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, written by Thomas Jefferson, as quoted in Quote (20 May 1956)

* Be not afraid of sudden fear.
= Book of Proverbs, 3:25

* Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
= Psalms, 23:4

* The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
o Psalms, 27:1

* God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.
- Psalms, 46:1-2

* As the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
- Psalms, 103:11

* The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
- Psalms, 111:10