Keep active - do something physical each day. Could be as simple as taking the dog out for a walk (if you've got a dog!), but could be going for a swim, or going to the gym every day.

Rumination tends to be eased if we learn to be mindful; if we are able to be aware of, and understand how our own thoughts work.

People deserve to have their experiences understood in a genuine bio-psycho-social approach. All too often, this is ignored in favor of what is a very reductionist, bio-medical, model.

I believe that mental health services should be based on the premise that the origins of distress are largely social.

I think, in all honesty, the first place that someone in emotional distress should turn is their loved ones, and then to use professionals.

There's real evidence that getting involved in charitable activity (and it's probably better to give your time and effort, rather than money) makes people happier.

Keep your brain active. Engage your brain. Your brain is the most fantastic machine ever created, and it needs to be exercised.

Maintain your relationships - for all kinds of reasons, friends are vital. Good friends, supportive friends, friends who won't judge you or try to take advantage of you.

When people are in acute crisis, residential care may be needed, but this should not be seen as a medical issue.

Life can give everything to whoever tries to understand and is willing to receive new knowledge.

Thank God forgiven me of my many sins.

Ambition is destruction only competence matters.

When it comes to knowing what to say, to charm, I always had it.

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.

To write an autobiography of Groucho Marx would be as asinine as to read an autobiography of Groucho Marx.

I want to encourage other people to try to discover who they are, not to try to fit into some superficial prototype of what they think a Christian should be, but to discover who they really are.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

To be honest, I don't want No. 1's anymore. Now, don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind the odd few, but I'd also like a record going in at eight and staying around.

Man as Atman is really free; as man he is bound, changed by every physical condition.