Mark Duplass Quotes

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

I'm by no means an expert at giving advice on depression, but I would say that a lot of my show is about making the decision to be happy. We all think that happiness is something that just falls into our lap. But it's something you have to really work on.

Feeling anxious or depressed sometimes is part of what it means to be a person, and it might even be essential to success.

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

Depression and anxiety can't fit in your head if you're cultivating feelings of joy and inspiration.

I think you can be depressed and flourish, I think you can have cancer and flourish, I think you can be divorced and flourish. When we believed that happiness was only smiling and good mood, that wasn't very good for people like me, people in the lower half of positive affectivity.

I try not to be judgmental. I meditate twice a day. I get some sort of physical exercise. I infuse my life with love. I love what I do, the job.

Stress is actually the number one thing that blocks people from their happiness and well-being and from getting what they want.

I always wanted to see people's lives transformed from depression and anxiety to joy and peace.

I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.

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

I think it's important to be happy before you can make anybody else happy.

I used to get out of bed sometimes and feel depressed and watched a lot of reruns on TV to get over it. I should have allowed myself to be a little more human and not worry about trying to be a superwoman.

Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment.

I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.

My beauty secret is to try to keep my heart as open and happy as I can, because it really makes the sad lines on my face look better.

Even nice things don't make you happy when you're tired.

Flourishing is everyone's birthright. I'm trying to break this hold that being smiley and cheery has on what people think the good life is.

I never could be good when I was not happy.

To complete your daily mental hygiene, observe any part of you that is upset or anxious, and offer that part of yourself the following simple wishes: 'May you be well. May you be happy. May you be free from suffering.' Repeat this until you actually mean it.

I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.

Be happy or die.

I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.

My appetite for self-destruction and misery is greatly diminished. I'm not interested in being unhappy.

I often say that the opposite of depression is not happiness but vitality.