On Fear is one of a series of theme books compiled from the talks, writings, and dialogues of J Krishnamurti, Some of the other titles in this series are On God, On Relationship, On Freedom, On Love and Loneliness, and On Living and Dying.

'Can a human being totally eradicate fear? Can we do anything, or nothing? The nothing does not mean that we accept fear, rationalize it and live with it; that's not the inaction of which we are talking. We have done everything we can with regard to fear. We have analysed it, gone into it, tried to face it, come into direct contact with it, resisted it, done everything possible, and the thing remains. Is it possible to be aware of it totally, not merely intellectually, emotionally, but be completely aware of it, and yet not do something about it?'