“I realize now that no simple, single-factor theory of depression will ever work. Depression is partly in our genes, partly in our childhood experience, partly in our way of thinking, partly in our brains, partly in our ways of handling emotions. It affects our whole being.”

“Humans are a part of creation and shamanism is our way of connecting with the whole.”

“The only way we can change our world is to take responsibility for our part in it.”

“If there is a human moral to be drawn, it is that we must teach our children altruism, for we cannot expect it to be part of their biological nature.”

“Sometimes in life we don't realize how one simple action one single mistake will affect our future. - Rukaj”

“I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not on our circumstances.”

“This is a little dirty secret of mental health economics: if you're depressed, you don't think you're worth the cost of treatment. You feel guilty enough about being unproductive and unreliable.”