“The depressed person is mired in the past; the manic person is obsessed with the future. Both destroy the present in the process.”
― A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
― A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“It's hard and complicated to live simply!”
― Oblomov
― Oblomov
“Recovering from suffering is not like recovering from a disease. Many people don’t come out healed; they come out different.”
― The Road to Character
― The Road to Character
“You've done so much for me, so much,' he said, 'that my own father and mother could not have done as much: you've made me into a man, God will reward you and I will never forget you...”
― The House of the Dead
― The House of the Dead
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