“The [[French]] painter [[Eugène Delacroix]]—who called [[stoicism]] his consoling religion—struggled as we struggle: **I am taking up my Journal again after a long break. I think it may be a way of calming this nervous excitement that has been worrying me for so long**.” ([Location 686](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=686)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[journalling]], [[anxiety]], **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]