“I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person's life. God is in everyone's life. Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs or anything else - God is in this person's life. You can - you must - try to seek God in every human life.” IfsTryingHumansPersonsHas BeensDrugVicesDisasterDestroyedCertaintyHuman LifeDogmaticCertainty In Life Book:My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change Source: My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change
“You cannot see the Milky Way in New York City any more ... We risk the loss of our sensual perception. And if you lose those, naturally, you try to compensate by other stimulations, by very loud noises, or by bright lights or drugs.” IfsWayTryingLightLosesLossCitiesRiskNew YorkDrugPerceptionNoiseSensualLoudNew York CityStimulationMilky WayBright LightsLoud Noises Author:Rene Dubos
“I was poisoning myself with alcohol and medicating myself. I was trying to numb things. I was trying not to feel things, and that's ridiculous. It's one of the dumbest things you can do, because all you're doing is postponing the inevitable. Someday you'll have to look all those things in the eye rather than try to numb the pain.” FeelsTryingLooksEyePainCan DoDrugAlcoholRidiculousInevitableSomedayNumbPoisoningPostponing Author:Johnny Depp
“Thank God I never hooked on anything. I never had a monkey on my back. I just wanted to self-medicate, to numb myself through liquor. It's how I dealt with life, reality, stress, change, sadness, memories. The list goes on. I was really trying to feel nothing.” FeelsTryingSelfRealityWantedMemoriesSadnessGoes OnDrugStressAlcoholListsThank GodMonkeysLiquorNumbHooked Author:Johnny Depp
“You never think you're on the verge of disaster while you're looking over the edge yourself. It's your friends and family who are trying to get you to stop destroying yourself and after a while it kind of sank in and I just cleaned up my act.” ThinkingTryingKindDrugEdgesAlcoholDisasterDestroyingFamily And FriendsVergeOver The EdgeDestroying Yourself Author:Johnny Depp
“We've got a national campaign by drug legalizers, in my view, to try and use medicinal uses of drugs and legalization of hemp as a stalking horse to get in under the radar screen.” TryingUseViewsDrugHorseScreensCampaignsStalkingRadarUsing MeHemp Author:Barry McCaffrey