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Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

I have fought my own battle with depression, and it was important for me to bring a little awareness about it for others.

When you are in depression, almost magically, nothing motivates you.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.

When trust improves, the mood improves.

If the spectrum linking everyday depression to Major Depression sometimes hinders understanding of it, it also offers an opportunity for empathy. Because almost everyone, at some point, experiences feelings of sadness, of hopelessness, of emptiness, not to mention lethargy and irritability.