Depression – Quotes

Those whom God wishes

Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad. Euripides

Human misery must somewhere

Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm. Euripides

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa. Eugene Ionesco

I’m what you call

I’m what you call a Depression sailor. Ernest Borgnine

The artist’s personality, built

The artist’s personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression. Eric Maisel

The world leans on

The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop. Eric Hoffer

I realized that I

I realized that I had granted my illness lordship over me. In viewing my depression as a despot subjecting me to its savage fancies, I was able to escape responsibility, to indulge fully my selfish desire to let my ego flourish unfettered, not obliged to anyone. But this wasn’t freedom. It was a prison-a cell … Read more

I cling to nowhere

I cling to nowhere until I fall – the crash of Nothing. Emily Dickinson

… And then I

… And then I heard them lift a box, And creak across my soul With those same boots of lead, again, Then space began to toll. Emily Dickinson

It is not seen

It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life first. In fact, this act has been encouraged for centuries, and is accepted even now as an honorable reason to do the deed. How is it any different when you … Read more