#illness

There are sins much more serious than socio-pathologies which really are mental illnesses, whereas self-righteousness is an illness of the soul." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #self-righteousness #sins #sociopathology #sociopaths

But Hey, Guess What Crazy means I'm not liable for my actions. So screw it, I'll go home, propped up on Prozac against distractions ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#mental-illness #mental-illness

So much in a relationship changes when a partner is seriously ill, helpless yet blameless, and indefatigably needy. I felt old. [p. 99] The animal part of him in pain accepted my caring. But the part of himself watching himself in that pain didn't believe I could ever respect him again. None of this crossed my mind. I couldn't risk knowing it. No one could and continue caregiving. They'd feel so unappreciated and wronged that it would drive them away. [p. 100] ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#change

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance. ↗

— Morgan Freeman

#happen #how #learning #life #radiance

I was diagnosed with the illness right before the 1995 World Cup. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#cup #diagnosed #i #illness #right

Yes, this is 21st-century America. Where we have better means to treat mental illness than ever before, but choose to let the insane people decide to get it or not. ↗

— Rich Lowry

#before #better #choose #decide #ever

Well, I like to think that my illness has prevented me from rising to any number of dizzy heights. ↗

— Christopher Monckton

#dizzy #heights #i #illness #like

If there is illness in your home, do you not need a doctor from outside? If your home catches on fire, do you not need fire fighters from outside? God has sent me to America in the role of a doctor, in the role of a fire fighter. ↗

— Sun Myung Moon

#catches #doctor #fighter #fighters #fire

In the past, I often found that when I reached out for a fast cure it led me down a slippery slope of more medications, hopeful dependence on the next prescription and ultimately a much longer drawn-out illness. ↗

— Carre Otis

#dependence #down #fast #found #hopeful

When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people. ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#help #help people #illness #like #people