Insanity Quotes

626 quotes by 459 authors

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to… — Antonin Artaud
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. — Marcus Aurelius
I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the… — Christian Bale
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. — Henry Ward Beecher
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. — Ambrose Bierce
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage. — Ambrose Bierce
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best… — Rita Mae Brown
Control your life through insanity. — Cliff Burton
One person's craziness is another person's reality. — Tim Burton
Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity? — Arthur C. Clarke
What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art. — Augustus Saint-Gaudens
How many murders, suicides, robberies, criminal assaults, holdups, burglaries and deeds of maniacal insanity it causes each year, especially among the young, can only be… — Harry J. Anslinger
Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death. — Harry J. Anslinger
No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity. — Henry Van Dyke
As war and government prove, insanity is the most contagious of diseases. — Edward Abbey
The insanity of the collective egoic mind, amplified by science and technology, is rapidly taking our species to the brink of disaster. Evolve or die:… — Eckhart Tolle
Chinese Americans, when you try to understand what things in you are Chinese, how do you separate what is peculiar to childhood, to poverty, insanities,… — Maxine Hong Kingston

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