“Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past regrets. Add a dash of future panic and a whole lot of financial uncertainty. Career is something that fools you into thinking you are in control and then takes pleasure in reminding you that you aren't. Career is the thing that will not fill you up and will never make you truly whole.” ThinkingWholeTogetherJobsPastOpportunityPleasureOpinionCareersRegretFoolAnxietyAddFinancialUncertaintyPanicPublic OpinionRemindingPast Regrets Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“I think I prioritize other people's opinions of me very highly, which is not necessarily a good thing - it's a thing that causes a lot of anxiety.” PeopleThinkingCausesOpinionAnxietyGood ThingsPrioritize Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.” IfsOrderDiesOpinionDependsHonorAnxietyStriveReputationSchemesInconsistent Author:Baruch Spinoza
“When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.” PeopleNeedsShouldSoulHateVoiceRealizingOpinionParticularAnxietyCriticismBlameHate YouPenetrate Book:Meditations Source: Meditations
“If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault... Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion.” IfsRememberCausesLossOpinionAnxietyFaultsHappyUnhappyUnhappinessTranquilityHappy BirthdayHappy Girl Author:Epictetus
“He was of an impressible nature, and lived a great deal in other people's opinions and feelings concerning himself.” PeopleFeelingsDealsOpinionAnxiety Book:Four Novels of George Eliot Source: Four Novels of George Eliot
“When you are present, your mind is silent. Free of opinions, concepts and beliefs and free of projections from the past and anxiety about the future, it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression. And the expression comes from the center of your Being.” MindPastBeliefOpinionClearExpressionAnxietyConceptsInstrumentsSilentProjection Author:Leonard Jacobson