Felicity Jones Quotes

I've been angst-ridden all my life, but finally I'm in a place where things don't matter so much.

Motherhood has helped me to stop overanalyzing things. It's been liberating because I used to be somewhat neurotic. I attribute that to having something bigger than myself.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I can relax.

I used to be a stressed-out person. I'm not anymore. I try to find the lining in everything in life.

Worry drains the mind of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul

So perhaps the greatest worry of all was that one day you would realize that all the worries of your life amounted to one thing: the desire to just stop worrying.

My biggest change is what is important to me, and what is not. What's worthy worrying about, and what is not. When we're younger, we tend to spend too much time worrying and going over the unnecessary. I'm no longer running the hamster wheel.

In the madness, you have to find calm.

As I've gotten older, I've really wanted to find more balance and calm.

When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

I would say I'm quite happy in my life the majority of the time. Earlier in my life I was more questioning, overly trying to figure things out. I like this way much better.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

After my divorce, painting took me out of panic mode and into a serene, calm place. I could absolutely lose myself.

I don't ever feel the need to escape.

I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.

Abjure all accretions and turn off the lights. Put on some music - Leonard Cohen, say, perhaps his 'Various Positions' - and let your mind cool down. Soon you'll forget there's a word called 'stress.'

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.

Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind.

To complete your daily mental hygiene, observe any part of you that is upset or anxious, and offer that part of yourself the following simple wishes: 'May you be well. May you be happy. May you be free from suffering.' Repeat this until you actually mean it.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

I love yoga because it's very calming for your body and your spirit. It gives you that meditative state, and its 90 minutes where you can get away from the world and just be, and exist in the moment. I need yoga. It's part of my life, and I can't imagine not doing it.

I actually like, love, and respect myself, and I try not to take anything too seriously.

It's either I have to be in the trees or in the ocean, otherwise I lose my mind. I have to get connected with nature, otherwise I don't feel very good. And that's what life's about, feeling good, so nature knows best for me.