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“I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.... My hemmings and hawings over the telephone cause long-distance callers to switch from their native English to pathetic French. At parties, if I attempt to entertain people with a good story, I have to go back to every other sentence for oral erasures and inserts.... In these circumstances nobody should ask me to submit to an interview if by "interview" a chat between two normal human beings is implied.”

“I hear people say they're going to write. I ask, when? They give me vague statements. Indefinite plans get dubious results. When we're concrete about our writing time, it alleviates that thin constant feeling of anxiety that writers have - we're barbecuing hot dogs, riding a bike, sailing out in the bay, shopping for shoes, even helping a sick friend, but somewhere nervously at the periphery of our perception we know we belong somewhere else - at our desk!”

Source: Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft

“At times I have long conversations with God. Sometimes I ask questions. I admit that there are also times when I let out my frustrations, fears, and anxieties in less than honorable ways. No matter what I pray about or how I pray about it, the result I always get is comfort.”

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Book:Every Day I Pray: Prayers for Awakening to the Grace of Inner Communion

Source: Every Day I Pray: Prayers for Awakening to the Grace of Inner Communion

“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”

Ifs Way Want Inspirational Past Choices Asks Opportunity Inspiring Anxiety Yoga Optimistic Wellness Prisoner Anxious Tempted Break Up Pioneers Calming Old Ways Stress And Anxiety

Author:Deepak Chopra

“I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?”

Thinking World Important Asks Citizens Anxiety Bases Democrat Administration Attacking World Power

Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski

“...sometimes we ask ourselves why happiness took so long to arrive, why it didn't come sooner, but appears suddenly, as now, when we've given up hope of it ever arriving, it's likely then that we won't know what to do, and rather than it being a question of choosing between laughter and tears, we will be filled by a secret anxiety to which we might not know how to respond at all.”

Knows Long Sometimes Might Asks Given Secret Know How Tears Anxiety Laughter Filled Given Up Arriving

Author:Jose Saramago

“The fears that assault us are mostly simple anxieties about social skills, about intimacy, about likeableness, or about performance. We need not give emotional food or charge to these fears or become attached to them. We don’t even have to shame ourselves for having these fears. Simply ask your fears, “What are you trying to teach me?” Some say that FEAR is merely an acronym for “False Evidence Appearing Real.” From Everything Belongs, p. 143”

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Author:Richard Rohr

“We must never forget to pray, and to ask God to remember us when He is arranging things, so that we too may feel safe and have no anxiety about what is going to happen.”

Feels May Happens Remember Asks Forget Praying Safe Anxiety Never Forget Arranging Arranging Things

Book:Heidi Dievčatko Z Hôr

Source: Heidi Dievčatko Z Hôr

“From a pure heart anything can be accomplished. If you ask what the universe is doing, it is eavesdropping on your every desire.”

Ifs Heart Desire Universe Asks Pure Anxiety Accomplished Pure Heart Eavesdropping

Author:Deepak Chopra

“You have to take the responsibility totally, that it is you who decides either to be in misery or to be in blessing. If you want misery, have more desires. If you want a blissfulness, then learn the art - even for few moments - of being desireless, and you will be surprised. Even for a few moments, if you are desireless, all anguish, all anxiety disappears. And you are so contented, so fulfilled, that you cannot ask for more. Your blessing is so much that you can only say that you bless the whole existence. Still it will be there. It is so much; it is overflowing.”

Ifs Want Art Stills Whole Moments Desire Asks Existence Responsibility Blessing Anxiety Misery Disappear Bless Fulfilled Anguish

Author:Rajneesh

“You're not going to die. Here's the white-hot truth: if you go bankrupt, you'll still be okay. If you lose the gig, the lover, the house, you'll still be okay. If you sing off-key, get beat by the competition, have your heart shattered, get fired...it's not going to kill you. Ask anyone who's been through it.”

Source: The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms

“When I was going through my cancer treatment, I learned that you can never ask a stupid question. I asked every single question that came to my mind, and I believe that helped to calm my own anxiety.”

Mind Believe Asks I Believe My Own Stupid Anxiety Calm Cancer Treatment Breast Cancer Cancer Treatment Stupid Questions

Author:Maura Tierney

“In the country, I stopped being a person who, in the words of Sylvia Boorstein, startles easily. I grew calmer, but beneath that calm was a deep well of loneliness I hadn't known was there. ... Anxiety was my fuel. When I stopped, it was all waiting for me: fear, anger, grief, despair, and that terrible, terrible loneliness. What was it about? I was hardly alone. I loved my husband and son. I had great friends, colleagues, students. In the quiet, in the extra hours, I was forced to ask the question, and to listen carefully to the answer: I was lonely for myself. [p. 123]”

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Author:Dani Shapiro

“The only thing that feeling bad accomplishes is to plummet you into anxiety, despair, depression, and stress. In such situations, ask yourself in that moment what THOUGHT you can have that will make you feel GOOD!”