“If this life is unhappy, it is a burden to us, which it is difficult to bear; if it is in every respect happy, it is dreadful to be deprived of it; so that in either case the result is the same, for we must exist in anxiety and apprehension.” IfsLifeLife IsDifficultResultsCasesBearsAnxietyBurdenUnhappyThis LifeDeprivedApprehension Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Nostalgia! I feel it even for someone who meant nothing to me, out of anxiety for the flight of time and a sickness bred of the mystery of life. If one of the faces I pass daily on the streets disappears, I feel sad; yet they meant nothing to me, other than being a symbol of all life.” IfsLifeFeelsFacesTimeMysterySadnessStreetsAnxietyDisappearNostalgiaFlightSymbolsSicknessMystery Of LifeI Feel Sad Book:The Book of Disquiet Source: The Book of Disquiet
“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.” LifeNextBusinessKnowingFutureAnxietyUncertaintyPermanentMemorableNot KnowingUncertainLeft HandUncertainty And DoubtUncertainty Of Life Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.” LifeInspirationalMindHumansHeartWisdomBodySpiritualLostChangeHealingWorryToo MuchHuman NatureWise WordsWords Of WisdomAnxietyHealBuddhistAllowingSpiritual WisdomRelaxationHeart And MindRestlessStop WorryingSpiritual Healing Author:Nhat Hanh
“Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do what you always have done" and "what is expected of you" are the twin rules of life. This, is course, is not true. The wanton crucifixion of impulses, the unnecessary blocking and frustration of the drives and urges, are an evil that reflects itself in sophistication, ennui and boredom, dissatisfaction, melancholy, fatigue, anxiety and neurosis.” PeopleMenLifeBelieveDoneCoursesEvilSocialAnimalFieldsAnxietyExpectedBlockImpulseBoredomFrustrationUrgesMelancholyPassiveTwinsUnnecessaryFatigueDissatisfactionNeurosisSophisticationCrucifixionEnnuiWantonRules Of Life Author:Abraham Myerson