Awareness Quotes

"People use drugs, legal and illegal, because their lives are intolerably painful or dull. They hate their work and find no rest in their leisure. They are estranged from their families and their neighbors. It should tell us something that in healthy societies drug use is celebrative, convivial, and occasional, whereas among us it is lonely, shameful, and addictive. We need drugs, apparently, because we have lost each other."

- Wendell Berry

"It is 10 years since I used drugs or alcohol, and my life has improved immeasurably. I have a job, a house, a cat, good friendships and, generally, a bright outlook… The price of this is constant vigilance because the disease of addiction is not rational."

- Russell Brand

"All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for. "

- Jon Kabat-Zinn

"You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew."

- Albert Einstein

"The trick is to stop thinking of it as ‘your’ money."

- IRS auditor

"Envy - The desire of one, to possess the good which is possessed by another."

- Thomas Aquinas

"My brother died from depression. He also frequently exercised, had supportive friends/family, was successful in school and work. He had goals that he was constantly reaching—he still completed suicide. People who are depressed are not weak-minded—they are sick."

- Maddie Rawrk

"The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality."

- William Styron

"I think it’s really important to take the stigma away from mental health… My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don’t know why I wouldn’t seek help to have those things be as healthy as my teeth."

- Kerry Washington

"There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet."

- Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

"I would like to show the world today as an ant sees it, and tomorrow as the moon sees it."

- Hannah Hoch

"It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart."

- Al Pacino

"Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don’t find one, it’s you."

- Mark Cuban

"Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States."

- W. E. B. Du Bois

"People have confused playing devil’s advocate with being intelligent."

- Cecily Strong

"If you see a bandwagon, it’s too late."

- James Goldsmith

"One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks."

- George “Babe” Ruth

"When you meet somebody for the first time, you’re not meeting them. You’re meeting their representative."

- Chris Rock

"We are less bored than our ancestors were, but we are more afraid of boredom."

- Bertrand Russell

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense."

- Gertrude Stein

"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career."

- Gloria Steinem

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day."

- Albert Einstein

"The heart of man is very much like the sea; it has its storms, it has its tides, and in its depths, it has its pearls too."

- Vincent van Gogh

"We don’t know what the next second will bring and what a fantastic thing this is. This can get easily forgotten in the routine of life, and that’s something I’m trying to bring to my attention at all times. Don’t forget you’re alive. We’re not dead, you know. This is the greatest thing."

- Joe Strummer

"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal."

- Albert Camus

"When you're surrounded by a world of constant lies, manipulation, and deceit, that dark energy is bound to seep into you eventually."

- Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

"'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'"

- Tom Colicchio

"You look at most of these 'best chef' lists, and there are about nine male chefs and one woman chef. The problem is still around."

- Dominique Crenn

"As a chef my sense of taste and smell are extremely important. But of all the senses, sight is the one I'd fear losing most."

- Dave Myers

"What does depression feel like? You don’t want to live, but you don’t want to die. You don’t want to talk to anyone, but you feel very lonely. You wake up in the morning and simply wait for the night to come."