“Maybe all illness results from a failure of communication between mind and body. It is certainly true of such quick disease as… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
Mental illness is so hard to define. It's not like an umbrella diagnosis that everyone can fall under, and even one person… — Stephanie Labbe Copy Share Image
I believe the biggest stigma right now, with mental health, is that a lot of men are not talking about it. — Mauro Ranallo Copy Share Image
“God didn’t design your life so you would constantly fall down, but he does hope that you will be brought to your… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
[It] is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
And people get so weird about mental illness, you follow the rules! You don't up a heart patient on a roller coaster,… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
A book is a friend whose face is constantly changing. If you read it when you are recovering from an illness, and… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
When I paint a woman in an armchair, the armchair is there to show illness and death-or as a protection. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
True love, it's like an illness. I never understood it before. In books and plays. Poems. I never understood what drove otherwise… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
It is merely an accident of history that it is considered normal in our society to believe that the Creator of the… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
One day, I made a remark that I might work with people with mental illness, and somebody in the press heard it… — Rosalynn Carter Copy Share Image
What I'm thinking about are the millions of people, many of whom write me very personal letters :"Dear Mr. President: I did… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Fear is a question What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes,… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
There is nothing worse that you can do to a human being in America today than give them a mental illness kind… — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
Let us be today's Christians. Let us not take fright at the boldness of today's church. With Christ's light let us illuminate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had utterly abandoned myself to Him. Could any choice be as wonderful as His will? Could any place be safer than… — V. Raymond Edman Copy Share Image
I've talked to a few writers who have had childhood illnesses. The sense of convalescence - the feeling that you're waiting to… — Evie Wyld Copy Share Image
The mind commands the body, and it obeys forthwith; the mind commands itself, and is resisted. The mind commands the hand to… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
What is love?” “I don’t know.” “Love is the name given to the bond Kemal feels with Füsun whenever they travel along… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Sometimes ... we find that even when we do our best to serve the Lord, we still suffer. You may know someone… — David E. Sorensen Copy Share Image
“We are all hostages of time. We each have the same number of minutes and hours to live within a day, yet… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Copy Share Image
Once and for all, people must understand that addiction is a disease. It’s critical if we’re going to effectively prevent and treat… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Nothing is fair. The most one can hope is for things to be logical. Justice is a rare illness in a world… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Mental health awareness means ending the stigma of mental illness by sharing the complexities of our stories and fighting to make care… — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
Writing about my illness put me into places. It was very triggering. I had to completely remove myself and practice self-care. I… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of prevention is worth… — David Agus Copy Share Image
It's in poor taste to question anyone's illness diagnosed through specific testing by their doctor. — Camille Grammer Copy Share Image
Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can't help himself. You're talking to him and all of a sudden, you… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
If someone is starving, excessively exercising or using purging behaviors, then we know they are in a high-risk place for turning on… — Craig Johnson Copy Share Image
“I don't think you can be a physician and not see yourself reflected in your patient's illness. How would I deal with… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
It's so important that we figure out a way of moving beyond the stigma that still exists around treatment for mental health. — Tina Smith Copy Share Image
Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism,… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time. — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
We learn as much from sorrow as from joy, as much from illness as from health, from handicap as from advantage and… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness. — Elyn Saks Copy Share Image
“Am I cured?” “No. You’re someone who is different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that, in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal. — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! For then, 'tis like I should forget myself; O, if I could,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image