Will Hall
Will Hall
Will Hallis an American mental health advocate, counselor, writer, and teacher. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, he is a leader in the peer support movement and is an organizer within the psychiatric survivors movement. Hall advocates the recovery approach to mental illness and is recognized internationally as an innovator in the treatment and societal response to psychosis...
interesting study sometimes
I have found the study of organisms to be a truly exciting experience, always interesting and sometimes humbling.
men diversity littles
. . . how man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood . . . he knows so little and has nothing to measure himself against.
real two important
Two points that are very important points to remember and ask: Is it real and does it work?
long culture lives-of-others
We are only peripherally tied to the lives of others. It takes a long long time for us to become deeply involved with others, and for some this never happens.
art men doe
Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't.
exercise numbers people
When Western people train the mind, the focus is generally on the left hemisphere of the cortex, which is the portion of the brainthat is concerned with words and numbers. We enhance the logical, bounded, linear functions of the mind. In the East, exercises of this sort are for the purpose of getting in tune with the unconscious--to get rid of boundaries, not to create them.
lying paper pieces
Behind every piece of paper lies a human situation.
people information
The information is in the people, not in your head.
memories mind bureaucracy
By their very nature bureaucracies have no conscience, no memory, and no mind.
strong teaching learning
The drive to learn is as strong as the sexual drive. It begins earlier and lasts longer
people age
Age affects how people experience time.
zoos culture break-out
Because we have put ourselves in our own zoo, we find it difficult to break out.
light shining desire
Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.
life individual complexity
It is never possible to understand completely any other human being; and no individual will ever really understand himself - the complexity is too great and there is not the time to constantly take things apart and examine them.