Patience patience quotes is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Jean-Jacques RousseauRead
To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Remaining rational in an irrational world can be seen as a form of madness itself.
This quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau suggests that in a world where irrationality and madness prevail, maintaining one's sanity and rationality becomes an act that can paradoxically be considered mad. It speaks to the difficulties faced by individuals who strive to adhere to reason and logic in an environment where such qualities are increasingly undervalued or ignored, highlighting the tension between individual thought and societal norms.
Themes
SanityMadnessRationalitySocietyPhilosophy
In practice
Example use cases
During a philosophy lecture about the nature of sanity in society.
More from Jean-Jacques Rousseau
All quotes βThe infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to the hour of his death never lose sight of it.
Jean-Jacques RousseauRead
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
Jean-Jacques RousseauRead
O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.
Jean-Jacques RousseauRead
Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.
Jean-Jacques RousseauRead
As evening approached, I came down from the heights of the island, and I liked then to go and sit on the shingle in some secluded spot by the lake; there the noise of the waves and the movement of the water, taking hold of my senses and driving all other agitation from my soul, would plunge me into delicious reverie in which night often stole upon me unawares.
Jean-Jacques RousseauRead
Similar quotes
EACH DAY OF HUMAN life contains joy and anger, pain and pleasure, darkness and light, growth and decay. Each moment is etched with natureβs grand design-do not try to deny or oppose the cosmic order of things.
Morihei UeshibaRead
To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion.
Ravi ZachariasRead
When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
Orson WellesRead
Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.
J. B. PriestleyRead
Place principle above all else.
Haile SelassieRead
Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that which you would escape.
Khalil GibranRead