“In the West, we have become addicted to work. Americans now work the longest hours in the world. And the result is not health, wealth and wisdom, but rather a lot of anxiety, a lot of ill health and a lot of debt.” WorldHoursWealthResultsAnxietyWestIllDebtIll HealthHealth Wealth Book:How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto Source: How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto
“A child in its greed for love does not enjoy having to share the affection of its parents with its brothers and sisters; and it notices that the whole of their affection is lavished upon it once more whenever it arouses their anxiety by falling ill. It has now discovered a means of enticing out its parents' love and will make use of that means as soon as it has the necessary psychical material at its disposal for producing an illness.” MeanChildrenDoeWholeUseFallParentEnjoyShareBrotherMaterialsAnxietyGreedIllAffectionIllnessBrothers And SistersParents LoveEnticing Book:Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria Source: Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria
“If we could make up our minds to spare our friends all details of ill health, of money losses, of domestic annoyances, of altercations, of committee work, of grievances, provocations, and anxieties, we should sin less against the world's good-humor. It may not be given us to add to the treasury of mirth; but there is considerable merit in not robbing it.” IfsWorldShouldMindMayGivenLossSinAnxietyAddIllDetailsComplainingMeritSparesCommitteesTreasuryGrievanceMirthAnnoyanceRobbingProvocationGood HumorIll Health Book:Compromises Source: Compromises
“Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.” MenHandsBeliefBornGreaterCreaturesAnxietyIllGreat Gifts Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creatures is born. But only one who can appease their conscience can take over their freedom […] Instead of taking men's freedom from them, Thou didst make it greater than ever! Didst Thou forget that man prefers peace, and even death, to freedom of choice in the knowledge of good and evil?” MenHandsChoicesEvilBornForgetGreaterCreaturesAnxietyConscienceIllTheeGood And EvilFreedom Of ChoiceAppease Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“If there is no other world and there is no fruit and ripening of actions well done or ill done, then here and now in this life I shall be free from hostility, affliction, and anxiety, and I shall live happily.” IfsWorldWellsDoneActionAnxietyFruitIllBuddhistThis LifeAfflictionHostilityHere And NowOther WorldsWell DoneRipening Author:Gautama Buddha
“Anxiety is the experience of growth itself. In any endeavor, how do you feel when you go from one stage to the next? The answer: You feel anxious. Anxiety that is denied makes us ill; anxiety that is fully confronted and fully lived through converts itself into joy, security, strength, centeredness, and character. The practical formula: Go where the pain is.” FeelsCharacterPainJoyNextGrowthAnswersStageSecurityAnxietyIllPracticalsEndeavorFormulasAnxiousDeniedCenteredness Author:Peter Koestenbaum