Antidote Quote by William Shakespeare

Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And…

— William Shakespeare

“Darknesse and light divide the course of time, and oblivion snares with memory, a great part even of our living beings; we slightly remember…

— Thomas Browne

“ When I Am Dead, My Dearest When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at…

— Christina Rossetti

“Oh teach the mind t' aetherial heights to rise, And view familiar, in its native skies, Thy source of good; thy splendor to descry,…

— Anicius Boethuis

“I shall not speak of my sufferings. Cowering deep down among them I feel nothing. It is there I die, unbeknown to my stupid…

— Samuel Beckett

“My prayers, my tears, my wishes, fears, and lamentations, were witnessed by myself and heaven alone. When we are harassed by sorrows or anxieties,…

— Anne Brontë

“[T]he young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good…

— William Faulkner

“Contemplating this suffering which is unbearable to us, and is unbearable to others, too, can produce awake mind, which arises from the compassion that…

— Dalai Lama

“Symptom Recital I do not like my state of mind; I'm bitter, querulous, unkind. I hate my legs, I hate my hands, I do…

— Dorothy Parker

“Thou wouldst not think how ill all’s here about my heart Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth I have of late—but wherefore…

— Jean Hegland

“Ye suffer from yourselves, none else compels,    None other holds you that ye live and die And whir upon the wheel, and hug and…

— Alan Wilson Watts

“No one can sing well, play well, or write well, without living through moments of the deepest pain and anguish. Every real talent has…

— Lyubov Dostoyevskaya