Quotes About Sanity

Quien no ha tenido como yo el privilegio de pasar buena parte de su vida en un manicomio tal vez ignore esta gran verdad: que todos los allí encerrados perciben claramente la locura de los demás, pero ninguno la propia.

Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.

Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy.

Clothed, and in his right mind.

I haven't lost my mind; I have a tape back-up somewhere.

Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

Aloysius, you mad or sane today?

When you're on the verge of going insane, raving mad, you're about to become either a psychotic or a mystic.

Do you know one sign that you've woken up? It's when you are asking yourself, "Am I crazy, or are all of them crazy?

It was as if she had been locked up in a lunatic asylum for so long that she had forgotten she was actually mad.

There is a time and place for publicity, but to stay a sane person, you must have a personal life.

The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull back.

I've always thought that, as a romance writer, I had the best job in the world. I sit around all day making up emotion-drenched, conflict-laden stories that push my heroes and heroines to the edge of sanity. Then I give them a happy ending.

In short, chronological connectivity puts us in touch with the holy. It is at once humbling and exhilarating. I say this as someone who has never followed any formal religious practice. Connection with the past and the future is a pathway that charms us in the direction of sanity and grace.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

If you're functional, it doesn't matter if you're mad.

The repressions of the passionate drive them mad.

We are all insane. But how do you distinguish sanity from insanity, how do you diagnose abnormality in this new world?

I love you, Dad. Your words are my lifeline. They keep me sane in an insane world. - Joshua

You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.

To exist is to stand out, away from the background, The Preacher said. You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.

What's your definition of sanity, Skipper?' 'The ability to swim,' said Sparrow. Ramsey felt a cold shock, as though he had been immersed suddenly in freezing water. He had to force himself to continue breathing normally. As though from a great distance, he heard Sparrow's voice: 'That means the sane person has to understand currents, has to know what's required in different waters.' Ramsey

You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.

There are some forms of insanity which, driven to an ultimate expression, can become the new models of sanity. — BuSab Manual