[It] is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly…

Religion is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness.

— Richard Dawkins

But I remember now I am in this earthly world, where to do harm Is often laudable, to do good sometime Accounted dangerous folly.

— William Shakespeare

“I am in this earthly world, where to do harm is often laudable, to do good sometime accounted dangerous folly.”

— William Shakespeare

“My life isn't good or bad. It's an incredible series of emotional and mental extremes, with beautiful thunderstorms and stunning sunrises. Some would say…

— Jaeda DeWalt

Once you're labeled as mentally ill, and that's in your medical notes, then anything you say can be discounted as an artefact of your…

— Hilary Mantel

The worst thing about the fantasies of the mentally ill is that they're so damned consistent. They never let up. They never give you…

— Orson Scott Card

“Mental illness" is among the most stigmatized of categories.' People are ashamed of being mentally ill. They fear disclosing their condition to their friends…

— Elyn R. Saks

I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've ever done.…

— Carrie Fisher

“Like a lot of people with mental illness, I spend a lot of time fronting. It’s really important to me to not appear crazy,…

— S.E. Smith

There's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill and we're all haunted by something, and some people manage to find a…

— John Darnielle

You must always be puzzled by mental illness. The thing I would dread most, if I became mentally ill, would be your adopting a…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Librarians are trained to be polite, patient, and helpful, no matter who stands across the reference desk.The most important thing is that we look…

— Robert Dawson

“What sticks with me now is that this man said he needed to get to a hospital. He probably needed to reach his destination…

— Susan Nielsen

“The fear of not living is a deep, abiding dread of watching your own potential decompose into irredeemable disappointment when “should be” gets crushed…

— Neal Shusterman

Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug.

— Neal Shusterman