Anxiety Quote by Stephen Batchelor

“We perceive the world in a particular way and confidently expect it to conform to its appearance. But we fail to recognize that certain…

— Stephen Batchelor

Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love

— Prem Prakash

Our lives are lived in intense and anxious struggle, in a swirl of speed and aggression, in competing, grasping, possessing and achieving, forever burdening…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

There is a kind of perverse unity forming among us, born, I think, of the discontent of all classes of people with the endless…

— Arthur Miller

“The lens of Pessimism ethics; pierces the illusions of optimism, reminds us that pain and evil are not mere outliers but prevailing forces in…

— Carson Anekeya

A great deal of chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves. Having never developed sympathy or gentleness toward themselves, they cannot…

— Chogyam Trungpa

It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.

— Anonymous

Our conceptions of the world affect our perceptions of the world which, in turn, condition the way we subsequently conceive the world.

— Stephen Batchelor

We often cause ourselves suffering by wanting only to live in a world of valleys, a world without struggle and difficulty, a world that…

— Bell Hooks

As your perspective of the world increases not only is the pain it inflicts on you less but also its meaning. Understanding the world…

— Karl Ove Knausgard

“In other words we humans seek to outwit and control each other not just because of some tangible goal in the outside world that…

— James Redfield

“We stare vacantly into our own future, frightened of all that time confiscates from us. We lament the theft of our beauty, youth, and…

— Shakieb Orgunwall