Quotes Relevant To PTSD Symptoms

[nathan]

hey hope, glad you enjoyed it. bruce lee actually put a philosophical book out with alot of amazing quotes in it, and incorporated his philosophy into his own style (or style of no style) of kung fu called jeet kune do. alot of his views were borrowed from ancient chinese philosophy as well as anyone else who inspired him. in particular jiddu krishnamurti, who is mind blowing. i highly recommend reading any books from lee and especially krishnamurti, they were both brilliant, and lee was incredibly underrated.

 

[goingonhope]

Hey' nathan, thank you :thumbs-upfor this info. and lead, I'll see what I can do to read some of both krishnamurti and lee after the holidays pass as I'd more likely to be able to then and would like doing so.

Hope

 

[hodge]

These are from the speech Al Gore gave today upon accepting the Nobel Peace Prize:

"Sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield."
- Gore quoting George Orwell


"The way ahead is difficult. The outer boundary of what we currently believe is feasible is still far short of what we actually must do. Moreover, between here and there, across the unknown, falls the shadow.

"That is just another way of saying that we have to expand the boundaries of what is possible. In the words of the Spanish poet, Antonio Machado, 'Pathwalker, there is no path. You must make the path as you walk'."

 

[nathan]

Hey' nathan, thank you :thumbs-upfor this info. and lead, I'll see what I can do to read some of both krishnamurti and lee after the holidays pass as I'd more likely to be able to then and would like doing so.

Hope

hey hope, no problem. you can actually check out alot of krishnamurtis teachings at http://, to get a feel for what hes all about.

nate

 

[goingonhope]

:hello:Hi nathan, hey thanks for that website, just as soon as I get caught up with things, I'll check it out. Take Care.

By the way, this next quote reminds me of the thread you've got going here in the section, [DLMURL]http://www.ptsdforum.org/thread6227.html[/DLMURL]

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"Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm."

-by Charles Caleb Colton


Hope

 

[Aetheling]

Here is a quote from Shakespeare that clearly describes a combat veteran suffering from PTSD. The speaker is the soldier's wife:

O, my good lord, why are you thus alone?
For what offense have I this fortnight been
A banished woman from my Harry’s bed?
Tell me, sweet lord, what is’t that takes from thee
Thy stomach, pleasure and thy golden sleep?
Why dost thou bend thine eyes upon the earth,
And start so often when thou sitt’st alone?
Why has thou lost the fresh blood in thy cheeks,
And given my treasures and rights of thee
To thick-eyed musing and curst melancholy?
In thy faint slumbers I by thee have watched,
And heard thee murmur tales of iron wars,
Speak terms of manage to thy bounding steed,
Cry, “Courage! To the field!” And thou hast talked
Of sallies and retires, of trenches, tents,
Of palisadoes, frontiers, parapets,
Of basilisks, of cannon, culverin,
Of prisoners’ ransom, and of soldiers slain,
And all the currents of a heady fight.
Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war
And thus hath so bestirred thee in thy sleep,
That beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow,
Like bubbles in a late-disturbèd stream…

The quote is from Henry IV, Part I. Shakespeare wrote that play in the year 1597, more than 300 years ago, without the aid of any medical knowledge! And yet here are all the symptoms: social withdrawal, sexual problems, random rage, sleep problems, depression, hypervigilance, dissociation, traumatic dreams, reliving the trauma, night sweats. Shakespeare was one amazing dude.

— Aetheling (entering my fourth decade of PTSD...)

 

[Petra]

"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places." Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, 1929
"The blessing is next to the wound." African proverb

 

[linasmom]

Petra,

I edited your post. However, I suggest you read the note in General to members and also visit the forum's editorial policy. Honestly, next time I'm not editing your post, I simply won't approve it.

 

[Rivergirl]

Woohoo! A thread on quotations----I love to collect them. Some that resonate for me these days are:

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of your way in order to come back a short distance correctly.-----playwright Edward Albee

In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer.------writer Albert Camus

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.------Samuel Butler

Midway in life's journey I found myself in a dark wood, having lost the way.-----Dante, The Inferno

No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back.----Turkish proverb

(Okay this one is long but worth getting through)
Oh the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, grain and chaff together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.-----writer George Eliot

A friend is someone who knows your song, and sings it to you when you forget.-----Eric Speiss (?)

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.----former British P.M. Winston Churchill

Okay I'd better submit this before I get logged off. I'll post a couple more.

Rivergirl

 

[Rivergirl]

All right I'm not done yet!

(Here's one that I think was aimed straight at PTSD, a couple thousand years ago---cheerful, ain't it?) If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.-----The Gospel of Thomas

The best portion of a man's life -----his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.-----poet William Wordsworth

Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.-----Henry Van Dyke

It is best to love wisely, no doubt, but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.----writer William Thackeray

(One from my fridge that makes me smile every morning) If you can't be a good example, you'll have to be a terrible warning.-----Anonymous

(Also from the fridge) If you're going through hell, keep going.----Winston Churchill

and one for you, Grama-Herc------
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.-----writer Robert A. Heinlein

:smile:

Rivergirl

 

[Rivergirl]

Okay just one more for all you fellow insomniacs-----

Consciousness: that annoying time between naps.-----Anonymous


(I'm thinking of having that one put on a t-shirt!)

Rivergirl

 

[Dylan]

I like the Churchill quote...makes perfect sense, too. It reminded me of this Anonymous authored poem (during the last very difficult episode I went through, my mantra became, 'don't quit...don't quit').


DON'T QUIT

When things go wrong as they sometimes will.
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill.
When funds are low and the debts are high.
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns.
As everyone of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about.
When he might have won had he stuck it out:
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow –
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out –
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far:
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit –
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.