The Profanity of Uncompleted Tasks

Image via WikipediaNothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. – William James




As a rule what is out of sight disturbs men’s minds more seriously than what they see. – Julius Caesar



Work and love – there are the basics. Without them, there is neurosis. – Theodor Reik



To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back. – Thomas C. Haliburton



In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. – Mark Twain



Anxiety grows in solitude. Aloneness is the greatest breeding ground for the diffuse, unfocused, pervading uneasiness that makes us vulnerable to chronic worry. Almost anything can become a cause for concern to the solitary person; almost anything can make him fearful. – Allan Fromme



Anxiety in human life is what squeaking and grinding are in machinery that is not oiled. In life, trust is the oil. – Henry Ward Beecher

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