Compassionate Quote by Harold H. Bloomfield

“The depressed don’t write books. People who are happy write, people who travel, are in love, and talk and talk with the conviction that,…

— Elena Ferrante

“However, I must admit that keeping myself to myself has not always been comforting. At times, I seemed to suffer spells of depression and…

— Lawrence G. Taylor

“Despite the rise of the mental health profession, people are becoming increasingly vulnerable to depression. Why? Martin Seligman, a brilliant psychologist with no religious…

— John Ortberg

“If you are reading this book and you feel that way too then you are not alone. I understand how you feel. I think…

— Sally Brampton

“A depressed person is selfish because her self, the very core of who she is, will not leave her alone, and she can no…

— Stacy Pershall

“Depression was my body's way of grieving the loss of my childhood dreams. Writing was my imagination's way of redefining them.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

“The genre of self-help for depression is littered with well-intentioned books that overpraise solutions and raise false hopes. It would be nice to defeat…

— Jonathan Rottenberg

“To all whom the cloud of depression has not yet lifted, there is hope. Let’s walk together through these pages on a journey that…

— Gregory L. Jantz

Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.

— Rob Delaney

“Too much self-centered thinking is the source of suffering. A compassionate concern for others’ well-being is the source of happiness.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“The attitude that depression is necessary strikes me as destructive, inhuman, and victimizing.”

— David D. Burns

Could anyone fail to be depressed by a book he or she has published? Don't we always outgrow them the moment the last page…

— Mary Ritter Beard