Cynicism Quote by Bergen Evans

“everything has its balance—in madness is much wisdom, and in wisdom much madness.”

— H. Rider Haggard

“You are mad,” the godswife said hoarsely. “Is it so far from madness to wisdom?” Dany asked.”

— George R.R. Martin

Is it so far from madness to wisdom?" - Daenerys Targaryen

— Anonymous

Luck, mere luck may make even madness wisdom.

— Douglas William Jerrold

In their seeking, wisdom and madness are one and the same. On the path of love, friend and stranger are one and the same.

— Rumi

Suspicion is the beginning of wisdom, and of madness.

— Mason Cooley

Let the mad find wisdom in their madness for the sane, and let the sane be grateful.

— Clive Barker

“There is wisdom in madness, and strong probability of truth in all accusations, for people are complete, and everybody is capable of everything.”

— Joseph Heller

“Remember that human wisdom is madness in the eyes of God. But if we listen to the child who lives in our soul, our…

— Paulo Coelho

“Let the mad find wisdom in their madness for the sane, and let the sane be grateful." "Is that a famous saying?" "Maybe if…

— Clive Barker

“All Hellenistic schools seem to define [wisdom] in approximately the same terms: first and foremost, as a state of perfect peace of mind. From…

— Pierre Hadot

[Christianity] neither enjoins the nastiness of the Cynic, nor the insensibility of the Stoic.

— George Berkeley

“You should, I need hardly say, live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell your enemy…

— Seneca

“The areas of great interest to the Stoics all make an appearance here: virtue, mortality, emotions, self-awareness, fortitude, right action, problem solving, acceptance, mental…

— Ryan Holiday

“The wife of a junior officer cooped up in a horrible canvas partition in steerage for five months wrote: "I had enjoyed much peace…

— Stephen Taylor