“Do things with your whole heart, with as much intensity as you are capable of. Anything done halfheartedly never brings joy to life. It only brings misery, anxiety, torture, and tension, because whenever you do anything halfheartedly you are dividing yourself into two parts, and that is one of the greatest calamities that has happened to human beings - they are all split.” HumansHeartTwoDoneWholeMotivationalJoyHuman BeingsHappenedAnxietyCapableMiseryTortureTensionIntensitySplitsCalamityDividing Author:Rajneesh
“Finishing is torture... There's always some newly seen flaw. But the little glimpses of beauty between the anxiety make it worth it.” LittlesAnxietyTortureFlawsWorth ItGlimpseFinishing Author:Jacob Collins
“Better be with the dead, Whom we to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy.” MindLyingSufferingDespairAnxietyConscienceGainsTortureEcstasyRestlessMacbeth PlayMacbeth SleepMacbeth MotifDarkness In Macbeth Author:William Shakespeare
“Penology...has become torture and foolishness, a waste of money and a cause of crime...a blotting out of sight and heightening of social anxiety.” SocialCausesCrimeWasteAnxietySightPrisonTortureFoolishnessSocial Anxiety Author:Paul Goodman
“At first, the idea of doing a 90-minute workout in a 40 degree room sounded like torture. But the sweating is exactly what I became addicted to. My body changed dramatically almost immediately. Within three classes, I noticed less belly fat. My knees and legs are stronger than ever now; my arms have definition for the first time in my life; and my posture is much, much better. I also feel completely energized from all of the deep breathing. I leave class relieved of any anxiety I went in with, and the sweating and detoxifying make my skin feel great.” FeelsFirstsIdeasBodyThreeRoomsClassMinutesChangedArmsDegreesAnxietyYogaFirst TimeSkinsStrongerDefinitionsLegsFatsBreathingKneesTortureWorkoutBellyPostureRelievedDeep BreathSweatingStronger Than EverDeep Breathing Author:Rebecca Romijn
“Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.” HalfTroubleAnxietyTortureShrinksCalamity Author:Seneca the Younger
“What inspires me is anxiety and the quest to try to change things in my life. ...I got addicted to endings and beginnings and to the idea of always moving around. ...Obviously, whenever you're going through something that's the best time to create, if you're going through something amazing, or horrible, or nothing at all you should be creating. Unfortunately the songwriters of today generally torture themselves to make sure they're writing good songs and take it a little too seriously.” IfsShouldWritingTryingLittlesIdeasTodayMovingSongInspireAnxietyCreatingHorribleTortureSongwritingQuestsSongwritersBest TimesAlways Moving Author:Kevin Drew
“People say you need to be strong, smart, and lucky to survive hard times, war, a natural disaster, or physical torture. But I say emotional abuse—anxiety, fear, guilt, and degradation—is far worse and much harder to survive.” PeopleNeedsWarHardStrongNaturalEmotionalLuckyAnxietySmartAbuseHarderGuiltDisasterTortureHard TimesEmotional AbuseDegradationNatural Disaster Book:Shanghai Girls Source: Shanghai Girls
“No grand inquisitor has in readiness such terrible tortures as has anxiety and no spy knows how to attack more artfully the man he suspects, choosing the instant when he is weakest; nor knows how to lay traps where he will be caught and ensnared as anxiety knows how, and no sharp-witted judge knows how to interrogate, to examine the accused, as anxiety does, which never lets him escape.” KnowsMenDoeKnow HowHe ManJudgingTerribleAnxietyLaysCaughtInstantTortureSuspectsTrapsAccusedSpyReadiness Author:Soren Kierkegaard