- “People don’t care about this kind of stuff, ya know? We want self-improvement, not self-knowledge. We want change,” he motioned with his hands in a strange attempt to mock modern-day hipsters’ version of change, “But not for any particular reason. We want to do good deeds but only if we can tell others about it. We want all sorts of ideals, not for their own sake, but rather for the sake of appearances. We don’t want knowledge; we want to show others we have knowledge.” ― Cic Mellace, The Humble Good
- “The first ten million years were the worst,” said Marvin, “and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn’t enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.” ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
- Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time. Pema Chödrön
- “They say that if you really want to kill yourself, no one can stop you. There are too many ways to do it. You can jump off a bridge or a building. You can hang yourself. You can crash a car or slit your wrists or swim out really far into the ocean until you drown. Sometimes I wonder why I’m not dead, if I really wanted to kill myself.” ― Albert Borris, Crash Into Me
- “Unless we take that first step into the unknown, we will never know our own potential!” ― Allan Rufus, The Master’s Sacred Knowledge
- “Most of us would rather kill ourselves than be, particularly if who we think we are keeps dying. Many of us do.” ― Brad Blanton, Radical Honesty : How to Transform Your Life by Telling the Truth
- Our wounds need nurturing care in order to heal. If we are to nurture and heal, we must admit that the wounds exist. Iyanla Vanzant
- “Don’t be a reflection of your depression, your dark, or your ugly. Reflect what you want. Your light, your beauty, & your strength. Aspire for greatness – reflect who you are; not which deficits you maintain. Showcase the hidden treasures.” ― Tiffany Luard
- “Depression is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love, we must be creatures who can despair at what we lose, and depression is the mechanism of that despair.” ― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
- The faster you accept reality, the faster you find peace of mind. Maxime Lagacé
- If you are being gentle with yourself during a difficult time, that is not self-pity. You would show compassion to a friend in pain, even a stranger, so why withhold it from yourself? Don’t. Keep moving. Maggie Smith
- “One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.” ― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
- Being deluded and scared will make you suffocate. Being honest with yourself and responsible will make you breathe. Maxime Lagacé
- “Life is like a game of chess.To win you have to make a move.Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHTand knowledge, and by learning the lessons that areacculated along the way.We become each and every piece within the game called life!” ― Allan Rufus, The Master’s Sacred Knowledge
- “If you feel irritation or depression or despair, recognize their presence and practice this mantra: “Dear one, I am here for you.” You should talk to your depression or your anger as you would to a child. You embrace it tenderly with the energy of mindfulness and say, “Dear one, I know you are there, and I am going to take care of you,” just as you would with your crying baby.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh, You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
- It’s okay to worry; it’s okay to be sad. It’s okay to get scared; it’s okay to be mad. It’s okay to embrace our humanity. In fact we don’t have any choice but to be the sensitive, vulnerable creatures we were made to be. Breathe. Let go a bit. It’s okay to be you just as you are. Jason Garner (See also: zen quotes)
- “Equanimity is often mistaken for depression.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” ― Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła)
- “Just because the worldis filled with sadnessand void of compassionit doesn’t meanI gotta follow suit.I wasn’t born to fit in.” ― Michael Tavon, Dreaming in a Perfect World: Poems and Dreams
- “A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life’s gas-pipe with a lighted candle.” ― P.G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
- “Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is driven towards these things with an irresistible momentum.” ― Vincent van Gogh
- If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. Stephen Fry
- “The core of your true self is never lost. Let go of all the pretending and the becoming you’ve done just to belong.Curl up with your rawness and come home. You don’t have to find yourself; you just have to let yourself in.” ― D. Antoinette Foy
- The rise of social media is proving problematic. Younger age groups of children and adults are now becoming heavily absorbed in it, unaware that social media presents rose-tinted versions of life as the truth, and it’s against this fiction that they’re comparing themselves. Thibaut
- “Everything hurts right now and nothing is helping because as the pain is getting worse — so is the love.” ― Jennifer Elisabeth
- “If you walked away from atoxic, negative, abusive,one-sided, dead-endlow vibrationalrelationship or friendship — you won.” ― Lalah Delia
- “Hope and the fear of death stand in the way of suicide being the leading cause of human death.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “Wherever problem persist, wisdom is lacking. There is no problem anywhere except wisdom problem. Wisdom provides solutions where there is complications.” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
- Difficult events occur for our spiritual growth. These aren’t meant to be punishment. Beautiful sunset awaits after heavy rain. Haemin Sunim
- “I have the mind of Christ. The best life you could ever live is the one that your creator destined you for. The one He made you for. He has given us everything we need ……… to become like Him. To reach to your potentials. Worship Him in spirit and in truth.” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder