Francis J. Braceland

“The worried man is a divided man.”

“Fear, under various guises, is the cause of most of the unhappiness of mankind.”

“The modern psychiatrist can no longer be content with the role of a passive observer; he must be an active participant in the community's efforts to solve its mental health problems.”

“Psychiatry must be divested of its magic and mystery and made understandable to the public.”

“There is no health without mental health.”

“Emotional turmoil is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of having tried to be strong for too long.”

“The measure of a civilization is how it treats its mentally ill.”

“It would be a paradox if a man who has been brave enough to go to war, and to risk his life for his country, should be condemned as a coward because he has been so unfortunate as to develop a neurosis.”