Anxious Quote by Barbara Ehrenreich

To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up…

— Anne Lamott

Each of us needs periods in which our minds can focus inwardly. Solitude is an essential experience for the mind to organize its own…

— Daniel J. Siegel

A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in…

— Eric Hoffer

“Being others-focused instead of self-focused changes your worldview. Living in a selfless manner and seeking to help others enriches our very existence on a…

— Miles Anthony Smith

“A compulsive external search only leads us to the interpretation of another’s path. True identity and sustained harmony can only be achieved by turning…

— Gary Hopkins

As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and from this arise the…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Since having a strong core self relies on acceptance of feelings, being out of touch with the emotional side puts a person out of…

— Gabor Maté

From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing…

— Nikola Tesla

“If things seemed challenging, instead of trying to change them physically (which is what I did pre-NDE), I began checking in with my internal…

— Anita Moorjani

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

— Fay Weldon

One comprehends oneself in order not to be preoccupied with oneself.

— Irvin D. Yalom

The Self is the internal abundance that can be realized at our will any time. It is capable of lifting us up from difficulties…

— Dhruva Bhargava