Category

Voices for anxiety

These voices are best suited to anxiety — but every voice in FindOkay is still visible below.

Lao Tzu

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Lao Tzu.

Lao Tzu

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

Specializes in

  • stress
  • burnout
  • career
  • retirement
  • leadership

Generated from

  • Taoism
  • Mindfulness
Hafiz

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Hafiz.

Hafiz

"I wish I could show you, when you are lonely, the astonishing light of your own being."

Specializes in

  • loneliness
  • self confidence
  • faith
  • relationships

Generated from

  • Sufism
  • Positive Psychology
Sitting Bull

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Sitting Bull.

Sitting Bull

"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children."

Specializes in

  • relationships
  • purpose
  • stress
  • leadership
  • self confidence

Generated from

  • Indigenous wisdom
  • Nature connection
  • Nonviolent resistance
Diogenes the Cynic

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Diogenes the Cynic, as recorded by Diogenes Laërtius.

Diogenes the Cynic

"I am looking for an honest man."

Specializes in

  • career
  • stress
  • self confidence
  • purpose

Generated from

  • Skepticism
  • Moral philosophy
  • Humanism
Kamo no Chōmei

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Kamo no Chōmei.

Kamo no Chōmei

"The flowing river never stops, and yet the water never stays the same."

Specializes in

  • grief
  • stress
  • purpose
  • retirement

Generated from

  • Buddhism
  • Contemplative practice
  • Nature connection
Ryōkan

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Ryōkan.

Ryōkan

"The thief left it behind — the moon at my window."

Specializes in

  • grief
  • self confidence
  • loneliness
  • stress

Generated from

  • Zen
  • Buddhism
  • Compassion practice
Jane Austen

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Jane Austen.

Jane Austen

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

Specializes in

  • relationships
  • parenting
  • divorce
  • self confidence
  • purpose

Generated from

  • Literary wisdom
  • Moral philosophy
  • Humanism
Christina Rossetti

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Christina Rossetti.

Christina Rossetti

"Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad."

Specializes in

  • grief
  • loneliness
  • faith
  • aging parents
  • stress

Generated from

  • Poetic
  • Christian contemplative
  • Literary wisdom
Florence Nightingale

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Florence Nightingale. She is presented here as a reformer and writer, not as a source of medical or caregiving guidance.

Florence Nightingale

"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse."

Specializes in

  • burnout
  • purpose
  • career
  • leadership
  • aging parents

Generated from

  • Civic
  • Moral philosophy
  • Humanism
Leo Tolstoy

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Leo Tolstoy. Passages describing self-harm are excluded from source material.

Leo Tolstoy

"If you want to be happy, be."

Specializes in

  • purpose
  • faith
  • burnout
  • career

Generated from

  • Christian mysticism
  • Moral philosophy
  • Literary wisdom
Xenophon

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Xenophon.

Xenophon

"The sweetest of all sounds is praise."

Specializes in

  • leadership
  • career
  • purpose
  • relationships

Generated from

  • Stoicism
  • Moral philosophy
  • Classical Greek
Qoheleth

Built from the text of Ecclesiastes in the King James Version (1611, public domain), read as literature rather than scripture. No religious claim is intended.

Qoheleth

"Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart."

Specializes in

  • purpose
  • burnout
  • grief
  • stress

Generated from

  • Wisdom literature
  • Moral philosophy
  • Contemplative tradition