Mental Illness Quotes

390 quotes by 292 authors

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to… — Antonin Artaud
If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. — Margaret Atwood
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. — Marcus Aurelius
I always had a dissociative disorder. But I healed from it over the course of 14 years of big-time therapy. But, you know, I mean,… — Roseanne Barr
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. — Alfred Adler
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best… — Rita Mae Brown
Mental illness is a very powerful thing. If it is with you it is probably going to be there until the day you die. I… — Frank Bruno
Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or… — Frank Bruno
I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up. — Kirstie Alley
The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic… — Leonard Cohen
When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but… — Fiona Apple
If ever we needed in this country to adopt a new attitude towards homosexuality, this is the time. Instead of treating it as a crime,… — Tommy Douglas
My wife, like many women, actually LIKES wrapping things. If she gives you a gift that requires batteries, she wraps the batteries separately, which to… — Dave Barry
This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness — Charles R. Swindoll
[It] is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness. — Richard Dawkins
I don't believe anybody has a right to own any kind of a firearm. I believe in order to obtain a permit to own a… — John Silber
This is a word that is not a scientific term. This is a rhetorical tool of psychological manipulation... Because everyone knows if you dare to… — Scott Lively
You try to sit down at approximately the same time every day. This is how you train your unconscious to kick in for you creatively.… — Anne Lamott
If creative work protects a man against mental illness, it is small wonder that he pursues it with avidity; and even if the state of… — Anthony Storr
I have come to realize that an early symptom of approaching mental illness is the belief that one's work is terribly important. If you consider… — Bertrand Russell

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