"We don't see many films in which someone with schizophrenia is the main character."

-- Brian Lindstrom

#Character Quotes #Film Quotes #Schizophrenia Quotes

“Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.”
“Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.”
“I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.”
“A crisis creates the opportunity to dip deep into the reservoirs of our very being, to rise to levels of confidence, strength, and resolve that otherwise we didn't think we possessed.”
“We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)”

Source : Sri Swami Satchidananda (1984). “Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, Integral Yoga Dist
“Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there's only one thing that money can't buy - poverty.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. November 25, 2002.
“No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Goering. You may call me Meyer.”

Source : Addressing the Luftwaffe in September 1939. "August 1939: The Last Days of Peace" by Nicholas Fleming, p. 171, 1979.
“Courage is not the absence of fear and pain, but the affirmation of life despite fear and pain.”

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