Afflictions Quote by Robert Hall

“A perpetual state of anxiety over what is ultimately out of our control comes to dominate our lives. Affliction causes anxiety—and anxiety crushes us…

— Kristen Wetherell

The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease. We are made to exaggerate the importance of what we…

— Henry David Thoreau

Since the insignificance of all things is our lot, we should not bear it as an affliction but learn to enjoy it.

— Milan Kundera

Anxiety will bear a lot of nuisance.

— Josh Billings

Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above.

— John Angell James

We all feel anxious at times and acknowledging that only helps.

— Karen Kilgariff

Anxiety is good for nothing if we can't turn it into a defense.

— Anonymous

Anxiety destroys us, but it drives the common man.

— Bad Religion

Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them.

— Anonymous

May our afflictions be few, but may we learn not to squander them.

— Scott Cairns

Our afflictions would trouble us much less if we knew God's reason for sending them.

— Billy Graham

“But none of these treatments have fundamentally reduced the underlying anxiety that seems woven into my soul and hardwired into my body and that…

— Scott Stossel