Anxiety is not a sign of sickness, a weakness of the mind, or an error for which we should always seek a medical solution. It is mostly a hugely reasonable and sensitive response to the genuine strangeness, terror, uncertainty, and riskiness of existence

Alain de Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education: An Emotional Education

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Anxiety is simply insight that we haven’t yet found a productive use for, that hasn’t yet made its way into art or philosophy.

Alain de Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education: An Emotional Education

Anxiety, of which worry is a component, is essentially just unfocused fear.

Arthur C. Brooks • How to Worry Less and Be Happier

How to Heal the Anxious Self — David Whyte - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss

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Anxiety, angst, mortal pain, these are not diseases. They’re neither wrong nor negative. They’re neither a weakness nor an illness. To be anxious is to be alive. To have angst is to be aware. To experience pain is to be human. These are fundamental ingredient entrenched in the human condition.