Coping mechanisms Quote by John Donohue

“to failure.” Playing it safe requires that we avoid risky situations—which covers pretty much all of life.”

— Tara Brach

“Life is about risk. Playing it safe doesn’t make you safe. All it does is keep you from experiencing as much of life as…

— Keith Ward

“Every decision, every interaction, every step, every time you get out of bed in the morning, you take a risk. To survive is to…

— Maria V. Snyder

In a world where survival is always seen as a struggle, and in which some pitfalls always exist, if something brings into question our…

— Willard Gaylin

“Most people spend so much time fearing the things that are never going to happen or can't be controlled that they have no energy…

— Andy Andrews

“Safety is overrated; taking risks is much less likely to kill us than ever before, and that means that playing it safe is more…

— Vishen Lakhiani

“People crave fear.”

— Mira Grant

“Those who always worry about what can go wrong might be well prepared against dangers but will never know how enjoyable life can be.”

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“What a predicament! We seem doomed to suffer simply because we have a deep-seated fear of how things really are. Our attempts to find…

— Pema Chödrön

“Safety is largely an illusion, and panic knows this.”

— Rita Zoey Chin

“Like the body craves oxygen, the mind is desperate for certainty. It believes that without a safe foothold on reality, it will die. But…

— Jacob Nordby

“The idea of safety had shrunk into particles - one snug moment, then the next. Meanwhile, the brain piped fugues of worry and staged…

— Diane Ackerman