~ Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. ~
~ I find nothing more depressing than optimism. ~
~ The mood state Americans are in, on average, when watching television is mildly depressed. ~
~ Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. ~
~ A lot of what passes for depression these days is nothing more than a body saying that it needs work. ~
~ Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it's not. ~
~ Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer. ~
~ For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night’s rest. ~
~ The one who keeps the stars in their place can keep us in our place. There is no depression for good deeds, and that is all that business consists of, and that is our real business. ~
~ The average man gets his living by such depressing devices that boredom becomes a sort of natural state to him. ~
~ Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility the characteristics of such men. ~
~ When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth,?and then we are angry at being undervalued. ~