Didn't read through the entire thread so I'm not sure if it's posted or not, but I came across this a while ago and figured it would be a fit here:
After Earth Wrote:Cypher Raige: Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity Kitai.