Anthony Loyd famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

On one level my sense of despair had been dispelled by therapy, yet on another it had not been replaced by either the desire for a future or the concept of one. I felt more aware of who I was, but that in itself-dominated as it was by sensations of fragmentation and isolation-filled me with no great hope, and in many ways only fuelled an appetite for destruction.
-- Anthony Loyd

#Depression #Despair #Desire
The anger came creeping back like the leak from a dripping water tank, the fall of each individual drop passing almost unnoticed until I realized I was soaked with the emotion.
-- Anthony Loyd

#Fall #Water #Hatred

Some authors have conceptualized depression as a "depletion syndrome" because of the prominence of fatigability; they postulate that the patient exhausts his available energy during the period prior to the onset of the depression and that the depressed state represents a kind of hibernation, during which the patient gradually builds up a new story of energy.
Beneath the seemingly rational exterior of our lives is a fear of insanity. We dare not question the values by which we live or rebel against the roles we play for fear of putting our sanity in doubt.
There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death.
Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.
A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.
Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.
There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige
You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves.
The future will be like the past, in the sense that, no matter how amazing or technologically advanced a society becomes, the basic human rhythm of petty malevolence, sordid moneygrubbing, and official violence, illuminated by occasional bursts of loyalty or desire or tenderness, will go on.
Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never a burden to me. Happiness is never a burden to me, whilst sorrow is.

Anthony Loyd famous quotes

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