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“To look back before 1800 is to enter another world, one where the number of institutions for the mad was a tiny fraction of today's and what we would now call mental disorders were often understood...”
“The Air Loom, if Matthews revealed its existence under questioning, would now be recognised immediately as a classic paranoid delusion. But in 1797 it was something that had never been encountered ...”
“As a pauper, the obvious destination for James Tilly Matthews was the Bethlem Hospital, already long known in popular slang as Bedlam. The principal public asylum in London, it had accepted dangero...”
“Matthews' shout of treason in the House was no random outburst of lunacy, but the last act in an astonishing adventure: one that might indeed have changed the history of Europe. But by this point t...”
“At Bow Street Magistrates' Court the essential facts were established. The man's name was James Tilly Matthews. He was a pauper of the south London parish of Camberwell. He had a wife and a young f...”
“The Air Loom had been constructed by the Jacobins in Paris around the time of their coup d'etat in 1793. Just as they had corrupted the ideals of the Enlightenment to their despotic ends, so had th...”
“Many had suspected that the political disasters of the past few years had a hidden cause. The bloodiness of the French mob rule was something unnatural, with a pitiless and inhuman progression that...”
“Political prisoners describe:- extreme physical and emotional torture- distortion of language, truth, meaning and reality- sham killings- begin repeatedly taken to the point of death or threatened ...”
“God did not force Salvation on humanity”
“The end must justify the means.”
“you dont put demands on people and you never say anything negative--ever. So many people suck the life out of everyone theyre around, but you dont do that. You give people strength just by being you.”
“People who do not love themselves can adore others, because adoration is making someone else big and ourselves small. They can desire others, because desire comes out of sense of inner incompletene...”
“Don't get caught in "Waiting". When I 'Get This' then I will be able to fully 'Live'. Escape the time dominant mind by fully being here 'NOW'.”
“A nurse later told me that I was her One. Meaning, I was her one story of hope to tell others who are facing similar odds against them.”
“Only those who have tasted the bitterest of the bitter can become people who stand out among others. -Guanchang Xianxing Ji”
“Everyone gets so worried about the people who are still living when the people who are really hurting are the dead ones. People like Grandma and Graham.They dont exist anymore.There is nothing wors...”
“Don't let your imperfections conveniently excuse you from having discipline. Have the courage to work through your imperfections.”
“Major improvements don't happen over night. Their are many moments inching towards improvement. The difference between those who make major improvements in their lives are the ones who embrace pati...”
“If anything normal were useful it would have been done already. That's why my motto is "Dare to Differ." Who know's what you'll find ?”
“Life is in a constant state of change and by evolving in the present with change - Matthew Donnelly”
