Small minds are much distressed1 by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

　　Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)

　　If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity2, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.

　　George Burns (1896 - 1996)

　　I deal with stress in two ways because there are two kinds of stress. There's stress that you can take care of and there's stress that you can't. The first one, I take care of it as fast as possible, because putting it off always makes it worse. Things that I can't fix? I think about the fact that I can't fix them. I think about why I can't fix them and I come to terms with the fact that this is a problem that I'm not going to overcome and that the world is not a wish granting factory.

　　Hank Green, Vlogbrothers, Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam, 08-30-13

　　Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.

　　Jane Wagner, (and Lily Tomlin)

　　If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke3 at any moment.

　　Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)

　　It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable4.

　　Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology5 of Optimal6 Experience, 1990

　　Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important.

　　Natalie Goldberg

　　Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound7 within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.

　　Oprah Winfrey (1954 - )

　　Throw out an alarming alarm clock. If the ring is loud and strident, you're waking up to instant stress. You shouldn't be bullied8 out of bed, just reminded that it's time to start your day.

　　Sharon Gold

　　If you had to define stress, it would not be far off if you said it was the process of living. The process of living is the process of having stress imposed on you and reacting to it.

　　Stanley J. Sarnoff, Man Under Stress, 1963

　　Exercise relieves stress. Nothing relieves exercise.

　　Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005