Quotes on Insanity

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

I'm simply saying that there is a way to be sane. I'm saying that you can get rid of all this insanity created by the past in you. Just by being a simple witness of your thought processes. It is simply sitting silently, witnessing the thoughts, passing before you. Just witnessing, not interfering not even judging, because the moment you judge you have lost the pure witness.

Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.

When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

Economics and a reliance on science and technology to solve our problems has led to an unsustainable situation where continued growth in consumption is required for governments and business to be considered successful. This is a form of insanity. Economics is at the heart of our destructive ways and our faith in it has blinded us

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Fear, true fear, is a savage frenzy. Of all the insanities of which we are capable, it is surely the cruelest. There is naught to equal its drive, and naught can survive its thrust.

When the institutions of money rule the world, it is perhaps inevitable that the interests of money will take precedence over the interests of people. What we are experiencing might best be described as a case of money colonizing life. To accept this absurd distortion of human institutions and purpose should be considered nothing less than an act of collective, suicidal insanity.

Aping urbanity, _x000D_ Oozing with vanity, _x000D_ Plump as a manatee, _x000D_ Faking humanity, _x000D_ Intellectual inanity, _x000D_ Journalistic calamity, _x000D_ Fox Noise insanity, _x000D_ You're a profanity, _x000D_ Hannity.

Sex, drugs, and insanity have always worked for me, but I wouldn't recommend them for everyone.

No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

It is true that there is a fine line between entrepreneurship and insanity. Crazy people see and feel things that others don't. But you have to believe that everything is possible. If you believe it, those around you will believe it too.

Today I felt pass over me A breath of wind from the wings of madness.

Some might think that the creativity, imagination, and flights of fancy that give my life meaning are insanity.

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people.

but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane. The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Insanity hovered close at hand, like an eager waiter at an expensive restaurant.