Depression

There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell - G. K. Chesterton (English journalist and author, 1874-1936)

Lying to oneself promotes psychological well-being. Research shows that depressed people deceive themselves less than those who are mentally healthy. Frankly, if we did not deceive ourselves, I think we would go mad from distress. For example, the simple fact that we're all going to die, that there are various people in the world out to get us, that a good deal of the world lives in unrelenting misery and hunger- it's all enough to drive everyone bonkers. Unless we are capable of shielding ourselves from that, we would be constantly disturbed - David Livingston Smith http://www.conference-board.org/articles/atb_article.cfm?id=267&pg=2

Life is a rainbow which also includes black - Yevgeny Yevtushenko

In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day - F. Scott Fitzgerald

If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back every morning - Anon

I?ve wanted to fantasise about the best in humanity, all my life, but on the other, it?s too depressing to be swimming against such an overwhelmingly savage tide - Anon

Get rhythm when you get the blues - Johnny Cash http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/dec/26/tobias-jones-a-life-…