“It was a myth you couldn't function on opiates: shooting up was one thing but for someone like me-jumping at pigeons beating… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“Anxiety rushed in without warning. It came like thunder as my heart raced louder in my ears. It came like the sea… — Jodi Meadows Copy Share Image
“At first, sending the confession by real mail had felt like a genius device. I would not have to sit by my… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
Aesthetic value emanates from the struggle between texts: in the reader, in language, in the classroom, in arguments within a society. Aesthetic… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
“I don't know whether it was the general anxiety of being on a date (albeit one with my would-be date sitting five… — John Green Copy Share Image
We are opinionated society. We're very happy to spout forth our own views; we're not good about listening. We have to listen… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“Democratic citizenship in an anxious world can be deeper, more informed citizenship. Without full spectrum of voices from partisan political elites, though,… — Bethany Albertson Copy Share Image
When there is love, there is no duty. When you love your wife, you share everything with her-your property, your trouble, your… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen.… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Yet I also felt, for the first time, truly and sincerely pissed. It was enough already. Enough! I’d reached that point that… — Daniel B. Smith Copy Share Image
In positive terms, we can state that psychological maturity entails finding greater satisfaction in giving than in receiving; having a capacity to… — William C. Menninger Copy Share Image
I discovered several never-failing signs by which one might know when a man wished to take another wife. He would suddenly 'awaken… — T. B. H. Stenhouse Copy Share Image
I hear people say they're going to write. I ask, when? They give me vague statements. Indefinite plans get dubious results. When… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Do things with your whole heart, with as much intensity as you are capable of. Anything done halfheartedly never brings joy to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
To disguise nothing, to conceal nothing, to write about those things that are closest to our pain, our happiness; to write about… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
Me:I have anxiety What most people think I have:I'm shy and can't talk to people. I'm awwwwkwaaaard. What I actually mean:I have… — Kurlii XD Copy Share Image
You could ask: Why are people attracted to narratives that justify the terrible things that we're doing to the planet? Why are… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
“When we think of fear, we think of a 'fear of' something. Far more daunting is the challenge of how to conduct… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
“So, today, I will not make promises to do better, to live healthier, or to save money. These are natural and valid… — Major Jackson Copy Share Image
Writing is a bit like walking into a big bookstore. It's the bookstore of your brain, and you know you're never going… — Mary Jo Salter Copy Share Image
Education is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society. Compassion and peace of mind bring a sense of confidence… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I don't get any anxiety. I don't because of two reasons. Number one, just breaking through it as a kid and finally… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
“Panic strikes me when I think about a sentence that isn’t given the chance to live because I don’t have a pen… — Adi Alsaid Copy Share Image
People move because of the wear and tear of anxiety. Because of the gnawing feeling that no matter how hard they work… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
School was a big source of anxiety for me. I hated school. I have social anxiety, and it developed when I was… — Lili Reinhart Copy Share Image
“If you are feeling unhappy in life for any reason and often getting negative results, try this -> start replacing negative thoughts… — Subodh Gupta Copy Share Image
Anxiety uses imagination to picture something you don't want. Vision uses imagination to picture something you DO want. Either way, you tend… — Ian Lawton Copy Share Image
Just as children, step by step, must separate from their parents, we will have to separate from them. And we will probably… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
The secrecy surrounding wealth and the anxiety of talking about money is absurd. If you are rich and you live well and… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
“Training is a step-by-step training in mental calmness and emotional wisdom, designed to help patients recover from and prevent relapse of anxiety,… — Henry Emmons Copy Share Image
Aleta St. James is an internationally renowned energy healer, life coach, best selling author, and more. Aleta does private sessions to release… — Jenna Morasca Copy Share Image
Magic enables man to carry out with confidence his important tasks, to maintain his poise and his mental integrity in fits of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Parental anxieties: A timeline. Pre-1800s: Potato famine, death of entire villages. 1900s: Trying to keep dad's job through depression so entire family… — Sandra Tsing Loh Copy Share Image
I'm wise to be a good steward, but I'll never be my own rescuer. The worth thing you can do with fear… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Anxiety is a kind of fuel that activates the fight-or-flight part of the brain in me. It makes sure that a velociraptor… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
“Research shows, however, that anxiety is linked to some aspects of perfectionism but not others. Specifically, while anxious people are concerned about… — Andrea Petersen Copy Share Image
If I think back to every rehearsal process for every play I've ever worked on, there's just so much crying at home.… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
One of the most appalling comments on our present way of life is that half of all the beds in our hospitals… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“She suddenly feels a strange kind of serenity. She refuses to live what might be her last moments in a state of… — Tracy Buchanan Copy Share Image