We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.
Christopher HitchensMattie sat at the table, obsessing, orbiting around herself. She was sick of her worried, hostile mind. It would have killed her long before, she felt, if it hadn't needed the transportation.
Anne LamottCare keeps his watch in every old man’s eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.
Tag: anxiety care sleeplessness
Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when they have conquered these, rest becomes insufferable.
Blaise PascalHe was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35)
Kate DiCamilloTag: helplessness anxiety agitation
The same sensitivity that opens artists to Being also makes them vulnerable to the dark powers of non-Being. It is no accident that many creative people--including Dante, Pascal, Goethe, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Beethoven, Rilke, Blake, and Van Gogh--struggled with depression, anxiety, and despair. They paid a heavy price to wrest their gifts from the clutches of non-Being. But this is what true artists do: they make their own frayed lives the cable for the surges of power generated in the creative force fields of Being and non-Being. (Beyond Religion, p. 124)
David N. ElkinsTag: art depression anxiety being non-being
Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else.
Albert CamusTag: art flowers wallpaper creating anxiety marcel-proust
So why do we worry? Why do we worry about food and clothing About finances and money? About security and the needs of life? We have Jehovah-Rohi! We have the Lord as our caring Shepherd. When fears regarding the cares of this world set in, we need to confidently lean on God's promise to care for us. Then we can declare to God, "Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You" (Psalm 56:3)
Elizabeth GeorgeTag: anxiety spiritual-life
Usually she ordered a cup of coffee and a cup of tea, as well as a brownie, propping up her sadness with chocolate and caffeine so that it became an anxiety.
Lorrie MooreFear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.
Ralph KeyesTag: fear writing writers courage creativity anxiety risks
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