Quotes About Sanity

I teach that all men are mad.

There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell.

Reformers have the idea that change can be achieved by brute sanity.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

Since everything is in our heads, we better not lose them.

That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively to that most blessed and blessing of all natural graces, sleep.

Lunatics are, unfortunately, rarely stupid.

There are worse things than being mad.

I realised either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.

nothing could disturb this wise calm, this sanity of soul

Democracy just isn't working any more; without sanity at its heart, it is becoming a most unique and fiendish tyranny.

If I were to say you are crazy, what part of that would you find unacceptable?

Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos.

There are two ways to lose you sanity in Juarez. One is to believe the violence results from a cartel war. The other is to claim to understand what is behind each murder.

Anyone contemplating world war is certifiably insane, no matter how calm they seem.

Only in war does the madman become sane.

Literature deserves its prestige for one reason above all others - because it's a tool to help us live and die with a little bit more wisdom, goodness, and sanity.

We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.

You can call it wisdom, or sanity, or health, or enlightenment. I use the word God as a short-cut. I am comfortable with the word God because I don't have the foggiest idea of what it means.

Annie winced. "Ooooh, you know, it's remarks like that that lead people to draw unflattering conclusions about your sanity.

The reason we feel alienated is because the society is infantile, trivial, and stupid. So the cost of sanity in this society is a certain level of alienation.

A few reasonable policies won't do much good if the surrounding society is insane.

By the time I covered myself with the crisp sheet and soft blanket, I was tired and ready to close the book on this insane day.

When I started music, I think it was responsible for keeping me sane, because training as a dancer really kept me in good spirits amid all the crazy stuff that happened when I first became popular.