Fear becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Thinking that there is something to be avoided manifests something to avoid.

as the determinants of high status keep shifting, so, too, naturally, will the triggers of status anxiety be altered.

The only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we don't have to fear anyone or anything else.

I did my best parenting by prayer. I began to speak less to the kids and more to God. It was actually quite relaxing.

The Anxiety of Sunday afternoon: your unlived lives and infinite possibility pressing upon the constraints of reality.

God is able to give you the power to endure that which cannot be changed... Why be anxious? Come what may, God is able.

I'm going to Hell in a basketWeaved in from my sins,Like wickerWith little Wiccan tiesAs if I'm a witchAccused.

I would if somebody would want to but of course nobody would want to so I wouldn't want to force anybody to want to.

Though it may feel otherwise, enjoying life is no more dangerous than apprehending it with continuous anxiety and gloom.

Being thin created intense anxiety that I wouldn’t be able to maintain that weight for life, and I couldn’t.

When someone is stalking you because they think you are stalking them, it makes you wonder who really is the true stalker?

People have worried about things for centuries, but it has never once had a positive effect on the outcome of a situation.

There is no such thing as a good decision and a bad decision. There are only decisions. Make them, fuck up, enjoy, repeat.

Compulsive reading relieves the anxiety that comes from tramping through the forest of meditation in search of clearings.

Steffi wasn't tired anymore. In fact, she felt invigorated. She was going to make it. She needed more of those kisses.