« So here is the holy trinity of the anxious: 1) the world is full of dangers and threats, 2) I am fragile, and those I love are fragile, 3) one can survive, or increase one's chances of survival, only if one takes all the appropriate precautions. Not doing so is unconsciousness. This perception of a dangerous world logically implies an extreme desire to avoid the slightest risk (it's like working in a bacteriology lab: you don't joke about hygiene157). Of course, the basics of this creed are not absurd and contain some truth, but only partly. And if they help with survival, they don't help quality of life. So we're going to have to modulate them: 1) it's true, the world is dangerous, but especially at certain times and places; there are others where we can feel safe, 2) it is true that we are fragile, and taking some precautions is not useless; but not to the point of taking all possible precautions, and living under a bell, 3) it is true that being careful increases our chances of survival; however, there is no need to turn this into an obsession that would then alter our quality of life, making us survive for a long time, but locked in the cage of hyperprotection. »

« It is an anxious banker who calls his partner: "Hello? Well, here's the news of our business: it's simple, it's a disaster! I don't have time to talk to you about it right now. Start worrying, I'm coming... »

« Just understand that we're not all-powerful. That disorder and uncertainty are inherent in the living and mobile world to which we belong. That if we don't learn to tolerate them, we're going to have a strangely tiring existence. »