When I was in my teens I had issues with OCD.

The darkness, the loop of negative thoughts on repeat, clamours and interferes with the music I hear in my head.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that’s making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Me not finishing school – in my head, I still have this insecurity when I’m talking to someone educated.

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

Kids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely to talk to us about what’s happening, and they have better skills to work it out.

I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.

People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don’t necessarily merit fear.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It’s just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she’s the daughter of alcoholics who’d leave her alone at Christmas time.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

The devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don’t live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Life’s too short to deal with other people’s insecurities.

It’s very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

I don’t need therapy. I’m not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.

I have a little bit of PTSD when I hear a big bang or a loud noise or keys – I jump out of my skin.

I can’t jump the highest. I’m obviously not the biggest, not the strongest.

A lot of preachers‘ kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that.

I was very depressed when I was 19… I would go back to my apartment every day and I would just sit there. It was quiet and it was lonely. It was still. It was just my piano and myself. I had a television and I would leave it on all the time just to feel like somebody was hanging out with me.

Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

We can fear things into existence. Fear looks into the future and imagines the worst that can happen.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.

Learning about climate change triggered my depression in the first place. But it was also what got me out of my depression, because there were things I could do to improve the situation. I don’t have time to be depressed anymore.

Ain’t nothing like a good cry.

We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we’re able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

The greatest story of all is Colonel Sanders. He didn’t start until he was sixty-six on a freeway bypass for his chicken shop. Anything is possible!

I’ve had sleep paralysis.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It’s the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.

We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have not suffered, you have no chance to experience real happiness.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.

I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.

Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we’re scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don’t have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‚to do‘ list.

Mind over mattress.

Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

People have so much going on in their heads. I’m like, If you could write a song, you’d feel so much better!

I didn’t die young. So I am very lucky. There are other artists and people that didn’t survive certain things… people can imagine that I did the most dangerous, and I did the worst… for many reasons, I shouldn’t be here.

Well, there are some things that I just can’t get out of my head, and they start to annoy me after a while. Sometimes they’re of my own creation, as well – and they’re just as annoying. It’s not only other people’s ear worms that bug me, it’s my own, as well.

I can get where some scientists would say comedians are crazy. What you have to understand: A lot of comedians are dealing with a dark passion. A lot of these are guys coming from a tumultuous life, including myself. Some people need outlets, a way to express yourself.

My head’s never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch ‚CSI‘ or ‚Law & Order,‘ where I have to follow the crime. If I can’t turn my head off during that, I know I’ve really got a problem.

Get mad, then get over it.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.

I am in my own head most of the time.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.