Mental Health Quotes

"If we could end the need for drugs, we can become passionate again about pro-social goals. " "The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives." "We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the insanity of love has never saved anyone from the disease." "Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence" "Why do you want to shut out of your life any uneasiness, any miseries, any depressions? For after all, you do not know what work these conditions are doing inside you." "Perfection is not just a like for self-improvement, though. Perfectionism is a high-end, haute couture version of fear" "The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely" "Express yourself, don't repress yourself." "All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate." "In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism." "One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important" "There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair." "It isn't work that makes you tired, it's your worry, frustration and resentment that drains your energy." "A man must be a little mad if he does not want to be even more so." "Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity" "We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe" "A little madness in the Spring is wholesome even for the King" "If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up" "Practice optimism and positive self-talk." "There is also a connection between a positive state of mind and a generally healthier and longer life."