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Quotes About Madness

Hugo Strange's downfall.
~ Paul Dini
Then since we mortal lovers are, Ask not how long our love will last; But while it does, let us take care Each minute be with pleasure past: Were it not madness to deny To live because we're sure to die?
~ Unknown
The holiness of madness was transformed into the more humanist concept of 'wisdom'.
~ Unknown
insight," and the "message" of his books (which is no message at all) is similar to Gogol's in Nabokov's summary: "Something is very wrong and all men are mild lunatics engaged in petty pursuits that seem to them very important, while an
~ Paul Theroux
insight," and the "message" of his books (which is no message at all) is similar to Gogol's in Nabokov's summary: "Something is very wrong and all men are mild lunatics engaged in petty pursuits that seem to them very important, while an absurdly logical force keeps them at their futile jobs." By reputation Portis is reclusive, yet
~ Paul Theroux
Really there was no deadlier combination than bookworm and megalomaniac. It was, for example, the crazed condition of many novelists and travelers.
~ Paul Theroux
Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.
~ Paulo Coelho
She didn't quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a strong one, if they used a word like that to describe the insane.
~ Paulo Coelho
Collective madness is called sanity ..
~ Paulo Coelho
You don't seem mad at all,' she said. But I am, although I'm undergoing a cure, because my problem is that I lack a particular chemical. However, while I hope that the chemical gets rid of my chronic depression, I want to continue being mad, living life the way I dream it, and not the way other people want it to be. Do you know what exists out there, beyond the walls of Villete?
~ Paulo Coelho
Once in a mental hospital, a person grows used to the freedom that exists in the world of madness and becomes addicted to it. You no longer have to take on responsibilities, to struggle to earn your daily bread, to be bothered with repetitive, mundane tasks. You could spend hours looking at a picture or making absurd doodles. Everything is torelated because, after all, the person is mentally ill.
~ Paulo Coelho
If he waits for the ideal moment, he will never set off; he requires a touch of madness to take the next step. The warrior uses that touch of madness. For - in both love and war - it is impossible to foresee everything.
~ Paulo Coelho
The desert is a capricious lady, and sometimes she drives men crazy.
~ Paulo Coelho
Insanity is in the eyes of the beholder. So I will continue to live my personal folly.
~ Paulo Coelho
La locura es la incapacidad para comunicar tus ideas. Como si estuvieras en un país extranjero, viendo todo, entendiendo lo que pasa a tu alrededor, pero incapaz de explicarte y ser ayudado porque no entiendes la lengua que hablan allí.
~ Paulo Coelho
Every human being should keep alive within them the sacred flame of madness, but should behave as a normal person.
~ Paulo Coelho
The warrior of light knows the importance of intuition. In the midst of battle, he does not have time to think of the enemy's blows, and so he uses his instinct and obeys his angel. in times of peace, he deciphers the signs that God sends him. People say, He's mad. Or, He lives in a fantasy world. Or even, How can he possibly believe in such illogical things? But the warrior knows that intuition is God's alphabet and he continues listening to the wind and talking to the stars.
~ Paulo Coelho
The Warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment and sometimes, with just a touch of madness
~ Paulo Coelho
A man in search of spirituality knows little, because he reads of it and tries to fill his intellect with what he judges wise. Trade your books for madness and wonder—then you will be a bit closer to what you seek. Books bring us opinions and studies, analyses and comparisons, while the sacred flame of madness brings us to the truth.
~ Paulo Coelho
However difficult the objective, there is always a way of overcoming obstacles. He seeks out alternative paths, he sharpens his sword, he tries to fill his heart with the necessary determination to face the challenge. But as he advances, the warrior realises that there are difficulties he had not reckoned with. If he waits for the ideal moment, he will never set of; he requires a touch of madness to take the next step.
~ Paulo Coelho
Remember that human wisdom is madness in the eyes of God. But if we listen to the child who lives in our soul, our eyes will grow bright.
~ Paulo Coelho
La folie, c'est l'incapacité de communiquer ses idées. Comme si tu te trouvais dans un pays étranger : tu vois tout, tu perçois ce qui se passe autour de toi, mais tu es incapable de t'expliquer et d'obtenir de l'aide parce que tu ne comprends pas la langue du pays. -Nous avons tous ressenti ça un jour -Nous somme tous fou, d'une façon ou d'une autre.)
~ Paulo Coelho
El sabio es sabio porque ama. El loco es loco porque piensa que puede entender el amor.
~ Paulo Coelho
Loco es quien vive en un mundo propio
~ Paulo Coelho