Character Quote by Aristotle

“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness,” Aristotle said.”

— Susannah Cahalan

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

— Aristotle

“What is madness but nobility of the soul at odds with circumstance.”

— Theodore Roethke

To be sane, he held, was either to be sedated by melancholy or activated by hysteria, two responses which were 'always and equally warranted…

— Thomas Ligotti

“There is no greatness without a continual solicitation to madness which, while it must be overcome, must never be completely lacking. One might profit…

— Friedrich Schelling

“For nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the ind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual…

— Jaycee Dugard

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

— Anonymous

“One who has control over the mind is tranquil in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, and in honor and dishonor; and is…

— Anonymous

“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the…

— Patanjali

“The Philosopher, too, says of the wicked (Ethic. ix, 4) that "their soul is divided against itself . . . one part pulls this…

— Thomas Aquinas

“We are, therefore, seeking how the mind can follow a smooth and steady course, well disposed to itself, happily regarding its own condition and…

— Seneca

“The greatest madness a man can be guilty of in this life, is to let himself die outright, without being slain by any person…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra