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“In the world of the dreamer there was solitude: all the exaltations and joys came in the moment of preparation for living. They took place in solitude. But with action came anxiety, and the sense of insuperable effort made to match the dream, and with it came weariness, discouragement, and the flight into solitude again. And then in solitude, in the opium den of remembrance, the possibility of pleasure again.”

World Made Moments Dream Action Joy Pleasure Effort Possibility Solitude Anxiety Flight Preparation Dreamer Remembrance Discouragement Weariness Opium Exaltation Dens

Author:Anais Nin

“By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.”

Mean Tomorrow Anxiety Careful Planning Preparation

Book:How to stop worrying & start living

Source: How to stop worrying & start living

“Our whole life is taken up with anxiety for personal security, with preparations for living, so that we really never live at all.”

Whole Life Is Taken Security Anxiety Whole Life Preparation Personal Security

Book:My Religion

Source: My Religion

“Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possible outcome of your work and you'll soon come to believe them. Worry is not preparation, and anxiety doesn't make you better.”

Believe Enough Stories Worry Worst Anxiety Preparation Outcomes Vivid

Book:V Is for Vulnerable: Life Outside the Comfort Zone

Source: V Is for Vulnerable: Life Outside the Comfort Zone

“When I think of all the books I have read, and of the wise words I have heard spoken, and of the anxiety I have given to parents and grandparents, and of the hopes that I have had, all life weighed in the scales of my own life seems to me a preparation for something that never happens.”

Thinking Book Seems Happens Given Parent My Own Wise Heard Wise Words Anxiety Scales Preparation Grandparent My Own Life Parents And Grandparents

Book:The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. III: Autobiogra

Source: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. III: Autobiogra

“..Fear is the energy to do your best in a new situation. The feeling of fear (anxiety, nervousness, shyness, or any of its other aliases) is really "preparation energy". It's getting you ready to excel, to succeed, to do your best and to learn the most.”

Feelings Energy Fear Situation Ready Succeed Anxiety Preparation Shyness Nervousness New Situations Aliases

Author:Peter McWilliams

“The Dark Cloud Is the need to prepare for every possible eventuality ahead of time Is the shock that you go through if you trust someone and they betray you because they like to commit a spiritual crime Is the anxiety you experience when you know that you’re in danger Is the ordeal of a painful breakup where each person becomes a stranger”

Danger Trust Confidence Anxiety Stranger Preparation Breakup

Book:The Dark Cloud

Source: The Dark Cloud