quotations about worry & worrying
Why worry one's head over a thing that is inevitable? Why die before one's death?
GANDHI
attributed, Orient Book of Quotations
There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.
HAROLD STEPHENS
attributed, Chew on Things: Workbook for Fellow Worriers
Basically, if the mind stays in the present, it's impossible to worry. Upon careful consideration, it becomes clear that human beings are capable of worrying only about an event that has already transpired or one that may take place in the future (although the occurrence might have just happened or may be about to happen in the next instant). The present moment contains no time or space for worry.
H. E. DAVEY
Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation
We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. We make mental provisions for the days to come, and everything turns out differently, quite differently. Sufficient unto the day. The things that have to be done must be done, and for the rest we must not allow ourselves to become infested with thousands of petty fears and worries.
ETTY HILLESUM
Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943
When faced with adverse circumstances, if you can do something, do it and there is not need to worry. If you can't do anything, then there is no point to worry. So in either case, worrying is an added suffering.
MATTHIEU RICARD
"How to be happy, per the Happiest Man in the World", New York Daily News, March 12, 2017