One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.
One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.
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
To put is still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath. A society based on the quest for security is nothing but a breath-retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet.
Alan Watts • The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
