Krista Tippett Quotes

I've felt depressed many times in my life, so I can draw on those times in my life when I need to.

I'm just like anybody. I have my ups and downs.

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.

Everybody has a lot of darkness in them because without that you're not a whole person.

I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.

I'm a sinner just like everybody else and I have my faults and I've been through my dark times in my life to where I wasn't walking the walk and talking the talk, or I may have been talking the talk, but I wasn't walking the walk.

You can stay in therapy your whole life, but you've got to live life and not talk about life.

No life is perfect; we all have our problems and issues, and I believe that it's good to be true to who you are.

You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.

The essential lesson I've learned in life is to just be yourself. Treasure the magnificent being that you are and recognize first and foremost you're not here as a human being only. You're a spiritual being having a human experience.

I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about.

A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'

Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.

I think no matter how successful our lives may seem to the outside world, we all have our personal struggles.

I'm so glad I spent 10 years being sad and lonely.

If I were immersed in constant melancholy, I would not be who I am.

I have my ups and my downs like anyone. All I can do is be me.

Self-care is so much more than a beauty regimen or an external thing you do. It has to start within your heart to know what you need to navigate your life. A pedicure doesn't last, but meditating every day does.

Earlier in my life, I had a tendency toward depression.

My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.

I'm a victim of my own insides. There was a time when I wanted to know everything. It used to make me very unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn't know what to do with it. But now I've learned to make that feeling work for me.

You really have to be in touch with your soul and spirit and your imagination - it keeps you in shape, and it makes you like yourself a bit more.

The truth is that several years ago, I suffered from depression. And I remember during this time, I basically fell into this hole where my life became cold, and it became gray, and I lost sight of everything that was important to me.

People think being alone is a luxury, but it's crucial: Whatever you're not down with about yourself gets loud and in your face.

Just like everyone else, I'm not perfect; I go through challenges as well.