“Prana is an element of energy. Energy is a manifestation of a certain principle which in Indian cosmology they call shakti, or spiritual power. Don't worry about the words too much.” SpiritualCertainEnergyPrinciplesWorryToo MuchBuddhismElementsIndianManifestationCosmologySpiritual PowerPranaShakti Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you are just thinking a lot of silly thoughts and having a lot of worries, you waste a tremendous energy and power and you put yourself into very limited states of mind. You slow down your evolutionary process.” ThinkingMindStatesEnergyProcessWorryBuddhismWasteMindfulnessSillyState Of MindSlow Down Author:Frederick Lenz
“We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. We make mental provisions for the days to come, and everything turns out differently, quite differently. Sufficient unto the day. The things that have to be done must be done, and for the rest we must not allow ourselves to become infested with thousands of petty fears and worries.” DoneTurnsFightingEnergyWorrySufficientPettyProvisionMorrowSapFleasDays To Come Author:Etty Hillesum
“There are very few things in the mind which eat up as much energy as worry. It is one of the most difficult things not to worry about anything. Worry is experienced when things go wrong, but in relation to past happenings it is idle merely to wish that they might have been otherwise. The frozen past is what it is, and no amount of worrying is going to make it other than what it has been. But the limited ego-mind identifies itself with its past, gets entangled with it and keeps alive the pangs of frustrated desires.” MindHas BeensMightPastDesireEnergyWishDifficultWorryAliveAmountEgoHappeningsRelationFrustratedIdleFrozenMight Have BeenDifficult ThingsWhen Things Go Wrong Author:Meher Baba
“You can't use stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry to deal with your stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry. It's like pulling up to a burning building with a flame thrower. The energy of the problem can't be the energy behind a successful solution.” UseProblemEnergyDealsBehindsWorrySuccessfulBuildingAnxietySolutionsStressBurningFlamesFrustrationPullingBurning BuildingsThrowers Author:Bill Crawford
“And our size: The company this year is going to be close to $50 billion, so if that's the case and you can continue to grow that fast, I would rather put my energies to solving customer problems and growing our business than worrying about integrating and laying people off.” PeopleIfsYearsProblemEnergyGrowsCompanyCasesWorryEconomyGrowingSizeCustomersBillionsIntegrating Author:Kevin B. Rollins
“Never waste energy on worries or negative thoughts, all problems are brought into existence -drop them.” ProblemEnergyExistenceWorryWasteNegativeNegative Thoughts Author:Bruce Lee
“Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment.” PeopleKindMomentsRunningAblePastEnergyWorryRegretCaughtTendenciesPushingPresent Moment Author:Nhat Hanh
“Many Christians expend so much energy and worry trying not to sin. The goal is not to try to sin less. In all your efforts to keep from sinning, what are you focusing on? Sin. God wants you to focus on him. To be with him. “Abide in me.” Just relax and learn to enjoy his presence. Every day is a collection of moments, 86,400 seconds in a day. How many of them can you live with God? Start where you are and grow from there. God wants to be with you every moment.” WantTryingMomentsChristianEnergyGrowsEnjoyGoalSinEffortWorryFocusCollectionsRelaxWhere You AreSecondsSinningWant To Be With You Author:John Ortberg
“Worry is just about the worst form of mental activity there is-next to hate, which is deeply self destructive. Worry is pointless. It is wasted mental energy. It also creates bio-chemical reactions which harm the body, producing everything from indigestion to coronary arrest, and a multitude of things in between.” InspirationalSelfBodyFormHateNextEnergyReligiousWorryWorstActivityHarmReactionsDestructiveChemicalsMultitudesPointlessSelf DestructiveIndigestionSelf DestructBiosChemical Reactions Book:The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue Source: The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
“Yes, the academic world is screwed up, and there is nothing you can do about it. But don't worry about that. Just do what you want. If you know what you want to do and advocate for it, no one will put any energy into stopping you.” IfsKnowsWorldWantEnergyCan DoWorryWhat You WantAcademicStoppingScrewed Up Author:Paul Feyerabend
“With negative energy you can make the positive energy. A flower will become compost someday, but if you know how to transform the compost back into the flower, then you don't have to worry. You don't have to worry about your anger because you know how to handle it - to embrace, to recognize, and to transform it. So this is what is possible.” IfsKnowsEnergyWorryKnow HowFlowerNegativeEmbraceHandleSomedayPositive EnergyNegative EnergyCompost Author:Nhat Hanh