“Shut off the past! Let the dead past bury its dead. . . . Shut out the yesterdays which have lighted fools the way to dusty death. . . . The load of tomorrow, added to that of yesterday, carried today, makes the strongest falter. Shut off the future as tightly as the past. . . . The future is today. . . . There is no tomorrow.”
― How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry
― How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry
“It has been said that nearly all of our worries and unhappiness come from our imagination and not from reality.”
― How To Stop Worrying & Start Living
― How To Stop Worrying & Start Living
“We are all made of flesh and stars, but we all become dust in the end. Best to shine while you can.”
― Sometimes I Lie
― Sometimes I Lie
“1. Ask yourself, “What is the worst that can possibly happen?” 2. Prepare to accept it if you have to. 3. Then calmly proceed to improve on the worst.”
― How To Stop Worrying & Start Living
― How To Stop Worrying & Start Living
“There is only one way to happiness,” Epictetus taught the Romans, “and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
― How To Stop Worrying & Start Living
― How To Stop Worrying & Start Living
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