Mason Cooley Quotes

Sanity is permanent, neurosis is temporary.

One thought-murder a day keeps the psychiatrist away.

I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.

A lot of times I feel I probably would have ended up in a mental hospital if it weren't for the structure that 'Bones' gave me.

I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.

I never even think of the mental side of things because I never had any issues.

My mental state is perfectly fine.

I told the doctor I was overtired, anxiety-ridden, compulsively active, constantly depressed, with recurring fits of paranoia. Turns out I'm normal.

Depression seems to be related to fear, anger and frustration. When you're in a bad mood, even if you meet with your friends, you don't take pleasure in their company. But when you're in a good mood, even if things go wrong, you can cope with them without difficulty. This is why putting yourself in a good mood, making a point of developing a sense of loving kindness gives you greater inner strength.

If you're crazy, there's two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.

Sanity brings pain but madness is a vile thing.

The only thing that feeling bad accomplishes is to plummet you into anxiety, despair, depression, and stress. In such situations, ask yourself in that moment what THOUGHT you can have that will make you feel GOOD!

He couldn't figure out if she was immensely well adjusted or seriously messed up.

Sunday is the day people go quietly mad, one way or another.

Anxiety in human life is what squeaking and grinding are in machinery that is not oiled. In life, trust is the oil.

Whenever I have that sad, depressed feeling, I go out and kill a policeman.

For me mindfulness is like building a house, so the next time the tsunami that is depression comes I'll have a structure in place to resist it.

I maintain my sanity by keeping my distance.

I don't think any human being/artist is 100% emotionally stable, based on the human condition and our emotions that relate to it.

Physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind.

I think everybody has had emotional distress, but yes, I think I'm pretty stable.

Every time I do an interview, it's like serious therapy. But real therapy isn't something that I'd ever have. I feel fortunate that mentally everything is functioning well.

I don't have time to be depressed.

I got problems. I freak out, go to a shrink, go through all kinds of therapy and stuff, but I'm learning how to deal with it. That's why I've chosen one hour a night to get all of my aggressions out. to really tell the world the way I feel.

I am neurotic, but I live with it. I think most people are, anyway.