Best Mental Illness Qoutes

390 Mental Illness quotes by 281 unique authors

Any breakdown is a breakthrough. — Marshall McLuhan
Is our species crazy? Plenty of evidence. — Saul Bellow
It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman. — Seneca the Younger
Mental illness is a myth, whose function is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in human relations. — Thomas Szasz
The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest. — Alexander Pope
When a man mistakes his thoughts for persons and things, this is madness. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Craziness attacks the softest eyes and hamstrings the gentlest flanks. — Pat Conroy
It was too nerve-wracking, a shocking spectacle, like seeing an old, calm friend go insane. — John Steinbeck
Insanity consists of building major structures upon foundations which do not exist. — Norman Mailer
Today I had a strange warning. I felt the wind of insanity brush my mind. — Charles Baudelaire
A paranoiac, like a poet, is born, not made. — Luis Bunuel
The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the… — Elias Canetti
The sooner you 'settle' the sooner you'll be allowed home" was the ruling logic; and "if you can't adapt yourself to living in a mental… — Janet Frame
Always good to have one crazy in the family ... It takes the pressure off everybody else. — Judith Guest
People are always selling the idea that people with mental illness are suffering. I think madness can be an escape. If things are not so… — John Forbes Nash
... I went through a very lethargic period ... I was just sort of getting through every night and every day. — Patty Duke
I was just sort of moving through time. — Patty Duke
Most sane people think that no insane person can reason logically. But this is not so. — Clifford Whittingham Beers
Not a few patients, however, suffering from certain forms of mental disorder, regain a high degree of insight into their mental condition in what might… — Clifford Whittingham Beers
To be on the safe and humane side, let every relative and friend ... remember the golden rule, which has never been suspended with respect… — Clifford Whittingham Beers
To leave behind what was in reality a hell, and immediately have this good green earth revealed in more glory than most men ever see… — Clifford Whittingham Beers
As well as being one of the worst things that can happen to a human being, schizophrenia can also be one of the richest learning… — Mark Vonnegut
Colds, ulcers, flu, and cancer are things we get. Schizophrenia is something we are. — Mark Vonnegut
Well, I thought, last night I paid my dues. I faced death. Now I can stay. — Mark Vonnegut
The world is, for the most part, a collective madhouse, and practically everyone, however "normal" his facade, is faking sanity. — John Astin

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