“My chief time for reading is at night while brushing my hair before I go to bed, and as you may suppose, but little profit and pleasure can be derived from such mere sips at the well of knowledge. 'Tis a great privation to me, for my desire for information increases instead of diminishing, and I look forward with great anxiety to the time when I can improve my poor neglected mind and learn some of the few exhaustless store of things which I wish to know.” KnowsMindWellsLooksMayLittlesI CanDesireNightReadingWishPleasurePoorInformationHairBedAnxietyIncreaseMereProfitStoresChiefsNeglectedBrushing Book:Fanny, the American Kemble: her journals and unpublished letters Source: Fanny, the American Kemble: her journals and unpublished letters
“What nonsense it is, this desire to be without limitations, this wish always to be seen in the most flattering light. We are anxious, not because we think so little of ourselves, but because we think so much of ourselves. We are anxious, not that we may appear in the worst light, but that we may not appear in the best light. Anxiety is born of self-consciousness, and it is alleviated to the exact extent that we can drop consciousness of the self.” ThinkingMayLittlesSelfLightDesireWishBornConsciousnessWorstAnxietyLimitationNonsenseAnxiousFlatteringSelf Consciousness Book:Advice from a Failure Source: Advice from a Failure