There are many misconceptions about depression-mostly negative. Unfortunately, because depressed people think negatively about depression and its treatment, they don't get help, which allows the depression to worsen, which leads to more negative thinking, which produces a vicious cycle of suffering.
Peter McWilliamsIf we're not enjoying what we've got...and even if we do get 'more,' we won't enjoy that, either.
Peter McWilliamsMost people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks, automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.
Peter McWilliamsThe value of action is that we make mistakes; mistakes show us what we need to learn.
Peter McWilliamsYour Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, the perfect timing for your learning it, and the ideal way of teaching it to you. You don't create a Master Teacher -- that's already been done. You discover your Master Teacher.
Peter McWilliamsEveryone thinks they can be a writer. Most people dont understand whats involved. The real writers persevere. The ones that dont either dont have enough fortitude and they probably wouldnt succeed anyway, or they fall in love with the glamour of writing as opposed to the writing of writing.
Peter McWilliams