No one has the right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do. —Dorothy Day More about this quote Tags: hope work despair depression hopelessness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Because we are laughed at, I don’t think people really understand how essential [comedians] are to their sanity. If it weren’t for the brief respite we give the world with our foolishness, the world would see mass suicide in numbers that compare favorably with the death rate of the lemmings. I’m sure most of you have heard the story of the man who, desperately ill, goes to an analyst and tells the doctor that he has lost his desire to live and that is seriously considering suicide. The doctor listens to his tale of melancholia and then tells the patient that what he needs is a good belly laugh. He then advises the unhappy man to go to the circus that night and spend the evening laughing at Grock, the world’s funniest clown. The doctor sums it up, “After you have seen Grock, I am sure you will be much happier.” The patient rises to his feet, looks sadly at the doctor, turns and ambles toward the door. As he starts to leave the doctor says, “By the way, what is your name?” The man turns and regards the analyst with sorrowful eyes. “I am Grock.” —Groucho Marx in Groucho And Me More about this quote Tags: humor depression comedy suicide Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Acknowledging fear is not a cause for depression or discouragement. Because we possess such fear, we also are potentially entitled to experience fearlessness. True fearlessness is not the reduction of fear; but going beyond fear. —Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche More about this quote Tags: fear potential knowledge depression fearlessness courage transcending Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He's turned his life around. He used to be miserable and depressed; now he's depressed and miserable. —David Frost More about this quote Tags: change depression misery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me. —Elizabeth Gilbert in Love More about this quote Tags: loneliness exhaustion depression bravery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. —Harry S. Truman More about this quote Tags: perspective depression recession Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Depression is sadness gone wrong. —Lewis Wolpert More about this quote Tags: depression sadness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No matter how hard it feels, you don't need to be afraid to move on. There's always more to see and feel. —Emily Henry in The Love That Split the World More about this quote Tags: loss depression moving on Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email