Buddhism Quote by Frederick Lenz

Mental illness, unfortunately, is an invisible disease: it's not seen or heard. For whatever reason, because of that, society has decided that if we…

— Mauro Ranallo

The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs is more…

— Glenn Close

“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

We know that mental illness is not something that happens to other people. It touches us all. Why then is mental illness met with…

— Tipper Gore

The most evil and insidious thing about mental illness is that it isolates us and makes us feel so different that we think no…

— Shannon Purser

Mental illness doesn't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often arrives like…

— Steve Lopez

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

Mental illnesses are so frightening and there's so much ignorance about them that I think it comforts people to think, 'Oh, well, it happens…

— Pete Earley

We separate problems with the brain into neurological and psychiatric, and it's because it's stigmatised still. Mental illness is still stigmatised. Imagine if we…

— Susannah Cahalan

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 disorders don't really live 'out there' waiting to be explained. They are constructs we have made up - and often not very compelling…

— Allen Frances

Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.

— Penn Jillette