Paulo Coelho Quotes

For my mind, I try to reduce stress by finding quiet time and meditating.

We all need to relax more, but I don't find it easy.

I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.

I'm still trying to figure out being calm.

It is not necessary to do things in a state of anxiety or anguish. That is not the way to be aligned with life.

Float through life, just take it easy, not too much stress, just, float.

Worry has never done anyone any good, and it is very much worse than mere dissipation of psychic energy, for it substantially curtails the joy and fullness of life.

Sometimes it would be nice not to have to do my best. Sometimes it would just be nice not to have a crisis to deal with. - Anita Blake

Remember, don't start trying to relax; that is the most absurd thing in the world. And there are many stupid people writing books about relaxation. I have come across one book - the name of the book is YOU MUST RELAX! Now that very word 'must' is enough to keep you tense. Relaxation cannot be a "must," it cannot be an effort.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

I want to be relaxed in my personal life. I really don't like to be hassled.

Life is stressful.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

When I go home and get off tour, I'd like to have a peace of mind. I like to chill. I don't like everything to be all chaotic like how it is when I step outside, you know?

Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.

Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle.

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.

Some people might say I need to learn how to relax.

I am permanently relaxed.

I like to keep a calm set.

I could actually be wasting my time by not meditating, as I'd be more stressed out.

Take it easy, and remember "Easy is Right."

The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

It's perhaps easier now than ever before to make a good living; it's perhaps harder than ever before to stay calm, to be free of career anxiety.

Such a person needs meditation more than anyone else because they are headed for a crisis. If stress and anxiety are so great that you can't even imagine a calm clear mind, that indicates you are reaching your coping limits, and need to begin something like meditation just for the stress reduction benefits.