“Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.” Charles Schultz
“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.” Robert Frost
“If you worry about everything, then you don’t have to worry about anything.” Woody Allen
“You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.” Olin Miller
"Worry: a god, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.” Benjamin Disraeli
I just purchased Lewis' Anthology of MacDonald and a certain section of the preface reminded me of your post here:
ReplyDelete"His (MacDonald's) resolute condemnations of anxiety come from one who has a right to speak; nor does their tone encourage the theory that they owe anything to the pathological wishful thinking - the spesphthisica - of the consumptive. None of the evidence suggests such a character. His peace of mind came not from building on the future but from resting in what he called 'the Holy present.'"
And also this - Quote 72 labeled Fearful Thinking by Lewis:
"Because we easily imagine ourselves in want, we imagine God ready to forsake us."