Top 25 Suicidal Quotes of 331 - Page 14

Finding intelligent life would encourage people and also of course the opportunity of learning a tremendous amount, but this is a danger. We might be so overwhelmed with knowledge and information, that we might be

Finding intelligent life would encourage people and also of course the opportunity of learning a tremendous amount, but this is a danger. We might be so overwhelmed with knowledge and information, that we might be depressed or even become suicidal - because what's the point if they're thousands of years ahead of us? Why should we bother? - or become the ultimate couch potatoes.

Arthur C. Clarke

Suicidal, Intelligent, Opportunity

Source: www.salon.com

The body is a damn hard thing to kill.

Anne Sexton

Suicidal, Body, Damn

Anne Sexton (1999). “Love Poems”, p.24, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I hope the Church will examine what is good and what is ill, and what good could be achieved by getting the suicidal, self-destructive, possibly carnal, or celibate to move toward this experience of love.

Andrew Solomon

Moving, Suicidal, Self

Source: andrewsolomon.com

Religion is so focused on family. These days, for many people, being gay is also focused on family. The Mormon Church is especially focused on family, and I'd have hoped, therefore, that the Mormon Church would especially have celebrated how all of these people who might have been lonely and suicidal and childless are now able to lead this other life. I would have thought it would be a cause for immense celebration. Instead it has been, obviously, a cause of great concern to the Church and its leadership.

Andrew Solomon

Lonely, Suicidal, Gay

Source: andrewsolomon.com