Quotes About Sanity

Contradiction is what keeps sanity in place.

I ask myself whether I am mad. As I was walking just now in the sun by the riverside, doubts as to my own sanity arose in me; not vague doubts such as I have had hitherto, but precise and absolute doubts. I have seen mad people, and I have known some who were quite intelligent, lucid, even clear-sighted in every concern of life, except on one point.

Where does madness leave off and reality begin?

Only two of the prisoners were found sane enough to be hanged, and the rest were committed to various institutions.

And because mere walls and windows must soon drive to madness a man who dreams and reads much

The mad were put in asylums, but the sane are worse off in their offices.

Aqua?" He stopped mid-stride and spun toward her. His eyes were wide and just past the northern border of sanity. She had seen him talk to himself before, had witnessed a few of his paces and tantrums, but she had never seen him look so . . . was it agitated? No. It seemed more than that. It seemed pained. "Why?

I can't be talking to a tree. If I was talking to a tree I'd be mad, and I'm not mad, so trees can't talk.

Beware of being too rational. In the country of the insane, the integrated man doesn't become king. He gets lynched.

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.

What have I done?" he asked, his voice raw. "You used to be such a sane, sensible lady." "You took me on a journey into my own heart.

Ego is like our shadow.... when enlightenment is at its best there is no ego and we live well within ourselves.... however as soon as the sun (of sanity)starts setting our ego starts outgrowing us.

I'm not crazy. I know what I'm doing. You're just jealous because the voices only speak to me.

I love Christmas. A time to slow down and enjoy life and be with my family and friends. In busy years, it keeps me sane. In bad years, it makes me feel whole again.

You gotta be rich to be insane, Hol. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle class.

I love yoga in general. It's so important for me to incorporate it into my routine, it's important for my sanity!

Passion does not blind. No. Passion is sanity, and the woman you love, she is the only person you will ever really understand.

While being madly in love is fun, perhaps one should aspire to be sanely in love.

If ruling our world stems from developing certainty in our sanity, how do we discover it? The Shambhala teachings instruct us to "put our mind of fearfulness in the cradle of loving-kindnes."

The only way to restore fiscal sanity is to either increase revenue or restrain entitlement spending.

Sounds came to me dully, as if people were speaking through their handkerchiefs or with their hands over their mouths. Colors weren't true either, but rather a vague assortment of shaded pastels that indicated not so much color as faded familiarities. People's names escaped me and I began to worry over my sanity.

Sounds came to me dully, as if people were speaking through their handkerchiefs or with their hands over their mouths. Colors weren't true either, but rather a vague assortment of shaded pastels that indicated not so much color as faded familiarities. People's names escaped me and I began to worry over my sanity. After all, we had been away less than a year, and customers whose accounts I had formerly remembered without consulting the ledger were now complete strangers.

Sounds came to me dully, as if people were speaking through their handkerchiefs or with their hands over their mouths. Colors weren't true either, but rather a vague assortment of shaded pastels that indicated not so much color as faded familiarities. People's names escaped me and I began to worry over my sanity.

As long as she could remember who she was, she was okay. She wouldn't go crazy. At least not today.