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The quickness and flexibility of a well mind, a belief or hope that things will eventually sort themselves out-these are the resources…
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I think wanting to write is a fundamental sign of disease and discomfort. I don't think people who are comfortable want to…
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But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your credit is…
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It was as if my father had given me, by way of temperament, an impossibly wild, dark, and unbroken horse. It was…
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There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness. When you're high it's tremendous.…
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When I am high I couldn't worry about money of I tried. So I don't. The money will come from from somewhere;…
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Every seventeen minutes in America, someone commits suicide. Mostly, I have been impressed by how little value our society puts on saving…
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I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that…
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I have often asked myself whether, given the choice, I would choose to have manic-depressive illness. If lithium were not available to…
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Others would say to me, 'It is only temporary, it will pass, you will get over it,' but of course they had…
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Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and…
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Anyone who suggests that coming back from suicidal despair is a straightforward journey has never taken it.
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I think it’s the misperception of addiction and living life on the edge, as if it’s cool.
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Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means…
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In Buddhism, ignorance as the root cause of suffering refers to a fundamental misperception of the true nature of the self and…
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The most common misperception is the word 'design'. People think of primarily pretty pictures or forms. They don't understand the depth to…
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One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America…
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I believe it is our own misperceptions of who we really are that leads to every self-created hell you'll find in this…
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I have empathy for the person who is being interviewed and written about with all kinds of misperceptions and misconceptions and flat-out…
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Who has the courage to set right those misperceptions that bring us love?
— Joseph O'Neill
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The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various 'individuals', or groups of 'individuals',…
— Aberjhani
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