Quotes About Understanding

Mental health problems do not affect three or four out of every five persons, but one out of one.

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons labouring under ill-health.

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.

Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.

In my view, the lost art of listening and ignoring the patient as a human being is a quintessential failure of our health care.

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.

Calling it lunacy makes it easier to explain away the things we don't understand.

Healing is the result of clear thinking.

I've come to terms with it, it knows I know.

Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz - something they are using to get around in but nothing they genuinely care about understanding.

One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the Path.

Medication without explanation is obscene.

Health care is at the beginning of a dialogue with the world... as health care providers, we have to ask ourselves this question: What stories are we not hearing?

If you let someone talk for an hour, you're gonna have a pretty good idea of who they are, and I think that's more rewarding than me sitting there going, "That's complete bullshit about health care."

People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly.

My wife, Edith, and I both have good health - and she's been very tolerant.

People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate.

With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.

Just because it had happened before didn't mean it wasn't serious. It didn't mean he didn't need them.

Emotions are not problems to be solved. They are signals to be interpreted.

I explored because I was feeling really crappy, and I wanted to know why

I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.

However, when we are depressed, being reminded of other people's suffering only serves to increase our self-hatred.

I think I'm always drawn to projects that help me understand something about myself.