Deepika Padukone quotes Martin Luther King in a moving speech on mental health at WEF, “Everything that is done in this world is done with hope”

Deepika Padukone received the Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in

Davos

and spoke at length about severe mental illness. Speaking about how mental health affected her personal life, the actress stated, “Mental illness has presented us all with a very tough challenge, but in my love hate relationship with the illness has taught me much. To be patient for one, that you are not alone, but most importantly that there is hope.”

Deepika concluded her speech by quoting

Martin Luther King

, she said, “For in the words of Martin Luther King, everything that is done in this world is done with hope.”

The actress founded the Live Love Laugh foundation in June 2015 which aims to spread awareness about mental health programs, funds support for treatment in rural communities and trains general physicians in common mental health disorders among other initiatives. “Live Love and Laugh exemplify my personal philosophy to life. The foundation aims to provide hope to every person experiencing stress, anxiety and depression,” stated Deepika.