Quotes About Insanity

he's left in the insanity of denying the bedrock of human existence. Property and mastery: nothing else counts. Earth will be monetized until all trees grow in straight lines, three people own all seven continents, and every large organism is bred to be slaughtered.

Are you crazy? Probably

What in the world are you thinking? I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts.

I try not to think," Leo admitted. "It interferes with being nuts.

Had anyone ever entertained the possibility that Sylvia was schizophrenic? If God spoke to Amelia she would presume she had gone insane.

And Dan, who had maintained all during our schism that we were both insane, welcomed me back as if nothing had ever happened, still his same warm, laconic, wry self.

Meanwhile the temperature is getting hotter and hotter so no one can think clearly. No one perceives. No one cares. Insane madness come out like life is a terrific party.

Some part of me instinctively reached out, and in an odd way understood this pain, never imagining that I would someday look in the mirror and see their sadness and insanity in my own eyes.

During the Renaissance there was a renewed interest in the relationship between genius, melancholia, and madness. A stronger distinction was made between sane melancholies of high achievement and individuals whose insanity prevented them from using their ability. The eighteenth century witnessed a sharp change in attitude; balance and rational thought, rather than "inspiration" and emotional extremes, were seen as the primary components of genius.

freedom from the control imposed by medication loses its meaning when the only alternatives are death and insanity.

Dearly departed, scarcely lamented, deeply demented...

Margaret thought; my father is going insane. He lowered his voice, and his face took on a crafty expression.

You seem to forget, Miss Flinn, that this is an institution for the insane.

One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo's nest.

But, gee, the other nurse says, what on earth would MAKE a man want to do something like disrupt the ward for, Miss Ratched? What possible motive...? You seem to forget, MISS Flinn, that this is an institution for the insane.

They're out there. First line of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

They're out there...One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

We are lunatics from the hospital up the highway, psycho-ceramics, the cracked pots of mankind.

Soha meg nem fordultak a fejemben a lelki betegség hatalmi vonatkozásai. Gondold csak meg: minél Å'rültebb az ember, annál nagyobb lehet a hatalma. Vedd Hitlert. Tébolyban az erÅ'.

GândeÈ™te-te la chestia asta: poate c? omul, cu cât e mai nebun, cu atât poate deveni mai puternic. Vezi exemplul lui Hitler. Viciul d? avânt minÈ›ii, nu-i aÈ™a? Hran? pentru cuget?ri viitoare.

Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power. Think of it: perhaps the more insane a man is, the more powerful he could become. Hitler an example. Fair makes the old brain reel, doesn't it? Food for thought there.

Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power. Think of it: perhaps the more insane a man is, the more powerful he could become.

I shuddered to think how completely the insane were in the power of their keepers, and how one could weep and plead for release, and all of no avail, if the keepers were so minded.

Fear not, dear cousin. In madness there is great power