"Much of our anxiety and stress comes when we're focused on fear and disconnected from the voice of our inner guide."
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"Running is a part of my medicine. It's what helps relieve my stress, and it's what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that's going on in my life that I need to escape from at times - to find who I am. Running really helps me with that."
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"If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm."
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"If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it."
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"We all enjoy pushing ourselves to accomplish our objectives. But we don't need stress to get there."
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"On what basis should our policy rest? It should rest on our own strength, and that means regeneration through one's own efforts. We are not alone; all the countries and people in the world opposed to imperialism are our friends. Nevertheless, we stress regeneration through our own efforts. Relying on the forces we ourselves organize, we can defeat all Chinese and foreign reactionaries."
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"Every (stressful thought) is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn't fair."
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"The urgent finds you; you have to find the important. Importance is not fast. It is slow. It is not superficial. It is deep. And as a result, it's extremely powerful. When important matters go wrong, they undermine everything. When they go right, they sustain everything."
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"Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life."
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"Homosexuality, like androgyny, might be an instinctive racial response to overpopulation, crowding, and stress. Both flourish when empire reaches its apogee."
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"That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's time to do The Work."
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"When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind."
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"It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized."
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"You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don't know what was in the newspapers that morning a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be."
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"Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there, or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It's a split that tears you apart inside."
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"If we didn't have any stress, we'd never grow and you'd probably wouldn't test your mettle and you'd probably wouldn't come up with a lot of creative stuff that people come up with by being somewhat on the edge."
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"I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn't caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there's a thought that isn't true for us."
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"Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you're believing an untrue thought"
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"One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity."
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"We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform."
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