Quotes from Susan Polis Schutz

Sing a song, read a poem, paint a picture, hear the music... Rise up and touch the stars

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...

My own life was filled with so much love and joy that when depression struck, it was like a prison door slamming shut and I was being placed in an isolation cell. No one else could possibly be feeling what I was. I hated my depression and all of its symptoms.

Go beyond yourself and reach out to other people with a sincere love, respect, caring, and understanding of their needs.

I was always a happy and loving person. Many would say that I was living an idyllic life.

Through my own struggles with depression, I discovered that knowledge, therapy, medication and education can provide the strength to get through it in one piece.

It's often difficult for those who are lucky enough to have never experienced what true depression is to imagine a life of complete hopelessness, emptiness and fear.

Spreading the word about depression is my mission. I am working to build awareness, educate people about the symptoms, and change public opinion and individual attitudes about depression.

Getting better from depression demands a lifelong commitment. I've made that commitment for my life's sake and for the sake of those who love me.

Good friends must not always be together; It is the feeling of oneness when distant That proves a lasting friendship.

Since I can't be with you right now I will have to be content just dreaming about when we will be together again.

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well.

Love is being honest with yourself at all timesbeing honest with the other person at all timestelling, listening, respecting the truthand never pretendingLove is the source of reality

Getting better from depression demands a lifelong commitment. I've made that commitment for my life's sake and for the sake of those who love me.

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.

Love is being honest with yourself at all times being honest with the other person at all times telling, listening, respecting the truth and never pretending Love is the source of reality

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair and let us huddle together as darkness takes over. We are at home amidst the birds and the trees, for we are children of nature.

I used to be a blanket - without seams - a silk cocoon of happy dreams. Now I'm a quilt, no square the same a patchwork of pleasure and pain

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair and let us huddle together as darkness takes over.

When someone cares... it is easier to speak, it is easier to listen, it is easier to play, it is easier to work. When someone cares it is easier to laugh.