“We must learn to cast off our anxieties because we have so many of them. The world destroys spiritual life by generating constant anxiety. Jesus said that the life of the gospel is choked out by the cares of this world. We know this to be true yet we are more chained and tethered to the world than ever before in the human race.” KnowsWorldHumansSaidCareSpiritualJesusRaceThis WorldAnxietyConstantCastsBeing TrueHuman RaceSpiritual LifeChained Author:John Ortberg
“The worst thing about living in this world, in general, is that things get overwhelming, and things cause a tremendous amount of despair and anxiety.” WorldCausesWorstThis WorldAmountDespairAnxietyOverwhelmingWorst Things Author:Marc Maron
“If anyone removes (one of the) anxieties of this world from a believer, God will remove (one of the) anxieties from him on the Day of Resurrection; if one smoothes the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the way for him in this world and the next; and if anyone conceals the faults of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults in this world and the next. God helps a man as long as he helps his brother. If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge God will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise.” IfsMenWorldWayLongHelpingNextEasyKnowledgePathThis WorldBrotherAnxietyFaultsIslamBelieverGods WillPursueParadiseRemoveResurrectionSmoothGod HelpDestitute Author:Elijah Muhammad
“I'd read an enormous amount but had spent so much time in my own head that I didn't have extensive social skills. Suddenly I was in this world where I was surrounded by these incredibly polished and wealthy kids who had gone to prep schools, and I felt daunted by them. I don't think people were aware of how full of anxiety I was... For a long time I felt like I was living in a place where I shouldn't have been.” PeopleThinkingWorldLongHas BeensKidsSchoolSocialFeltMy OwnGoneThis WorldAmountSkillsAnxietyLong TimeEnormousWealthyPolishedPrepsSocial Skills Author:Dan Chaon
“If you're going to live in the anxiety of the surface of this world, you're never going to find the depth, the source. If you want calmness, you've got to go deeper.” IfsWorldWantThis WorldSourceAnxietyDepthDeeperSurfaceCalmness Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.” WorldShouldFirstsWellsBodyVoiceSilenceThis WorldDrinkSolitudeSpeechAnxietyShould HavePossessionToneModestyMonkFood And Drink Author:Saint Basil
“We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self denial, anxiety and discouragement.” WorldWellsSelfPayThis WorldAnxietyAmbitionDuesCriminalsDenialCriminal MindDiscouragementSelf-denialGreen GablesBest Criminal Minds Book:Anne of Green Gables Source: Anne of Green Gables
“We're hallucinating. And that's what this world is: a mass hallucination, where fear seems more real than love. Fear is an illusion. Our craziness, paranoia, anxiety and trauma are literally all imagined.” WorldRealSeemsThis WorldAnxietyMassIllusionTraumaParanoiaCrazinessHallucinationsFear Of Love Book:A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles Source: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
“The game was that of continually inventing a possible world, or a piece of a possible world, and then of comparing it with the real world... a race without end... What mattered more than the answers were the questions... For me, this world of questions and the provisional, this chase after an answer that was always put off to the next day, all that was euphoric. I lived in the future... I had turned my anxiety into my profession.” WorldRealEndsNextGamesAnswersRacePiecesThis WorldIgnoranceAnxietyProfessionCompareReal WorldNext DayInventingEuphoric Author:Francois Jacob
“We live in an extraordinary time. We are caught up in a pace of social and technological change that makes our work, our business and education, sources of anxiety and unfulfillment. Thinking about our thinking and observing our observations can bring us a new world in which work becomes a place for innovation, and in which peace, wisdom, friendship, companionship and community can exist. Let us design this world together.” ThinkingWorldTogetherSocialCommunityDesignThis WorldSourceAnxietyInnovationExtraordinaryCaughtObservationPaceNew WorldTechnologicalCompanionshipCaught UpObservingTechnological ChangeUnfulfillment Author:Fernando Flores