Michael Greger Quotes

A lot of people think they should be happy all the time. But the writer understands you need both. You need the whole piano: the richness of the whole human experience. Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.

With sadness specifically, in America you read about people medicating to avoid sadness. They don't want to experience sadness, and yet it's such a vital part of being human.

I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general.

Well, you can't be depressed and sad 24 hours a day.

It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.

My life has had a lot of fun moments, but I tend to feel sadness more often.

I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.

I'm a human being. I feel all emotions. I'm not just happy all the time. Sometimes, I'm sad and feel the blues. Sometimes I even want to feel the blues. Sometimes, you want to feel down.

I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.

Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is there's so much shame around it. If you have it you're a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive.

Melancholy is no bad thing.

Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.

I have no problem with people feeling a bit down - crikey, you only have to walk down the road to find enough reasons to fall into a depressive coma - but I do have a problem with whining about it.

I've often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.

I don't have many sad days.

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.

Nobody wants to be depressed - everybody's trying to feel better; when they strive and fail, it's all the more poignant.

I seem to be able to get depressed quite easily without any reason.

We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup.

I believe that everyone experiences depression to some degree at some time in their lives. And there are probably millions of people who live with a low level of sadness and heaviness day in and day out.

We all relate to having highs and lows. Everyone gets depressed.

There's a lot of insecure, sad people in any profession.

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.

My natural disposition is pretty joyful, but you know, I have bad days and sad moments like anybody else.