Overly positive, horrendously cheerful people can make a depressed person even more depressed. In fact, perhaps the least helpful thing one can say to a depressed person is, "Cheer up!"

When you strengthen your self-esteem, there is no room for jealousy.

In a nutshell: Medical research has shown that Hypericum is an effective treatment for depression-as successful as prescription anti-depressions in a majority of patients.

The less harshly we judge ourselves, the more accepting we become of others.

The irony of love is that it guarantees some degree of anger, fear and criticism.

It is an irony that the more possessive you are, the more love you demand, the less you receive, while the more freedom you give, the less you demand, the more love you will receive.

One touch is worth ten thousand words.

The only normal people are the ones we haven't gotten to know yet.

You are no more at fault for having depression than if you had asthma, diabetes, heart disease, or any other illness.

Philip Martin has written a wise, compassionate, and nurturing guide through the self-oppression of depression.

The irony of love is that it guarantees some degree of anger fear and criticism.

Leaders live by reality and not by assumptions!

Do not allow past mistakes to shape your future.

Salvation is the most important thing that a person has and the devil knows very well what its value is.

Cyrus is the meat and potatoes of my life, but Prudence was a cupcake I could enjoy just for the sheer sweetness of being with her.

A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

I've always loved the poetry in 'Pale Fire.' I think it's wonderful.

I don't think I could ever settle down. I have known too much of the depths of life already, and I would prefer anything to an anticlimax.

There is no virtue in denying the law of gravity, and there should be no virtue in denying the limitations of government. ... The more we glorify government, the more liberties we will lose.

Because there are mysteries. Because there are things that people are forbidden to speak about. Because there are things they do not remember.