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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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Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming…
— Jane Austen
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Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of…
— Lord Chesterfield
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Our part is to pursue with steadiness what is right, turning neither to right nor left for the intrigues or popular delusions…
— Thomas Jefferson
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He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens…
— Samuel Johnson
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To learn to concentrate we must choose a prayer or meditation and follow this path with commitment and steadiness, a willingness to…
— Jack Kornfield
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Steadiness of faith, was, in the long run, as illuminating and essential as sophistication of thought.
— Jon Meacham
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The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga.…
— B.K.S. Iyengar
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I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical…
— Anne Bancroft
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How many young men, in all previous times of unprecedented steadiness, had turned suddenly wild and wicked for the same reason, and,…
— Charles Dickens
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Love includes vulnerability, surrender, self-valuing, steadiness, and a willingness to face - rather than run from - the worst of ourselves.
— Geneen Roth
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
— B.K.S. Iyengar
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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intellect, and benevolence of spirit.
— B.K.S. Iyengar
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