Sanity Quotes

446 Sanity quotes by 353 unique authors

Running - and yoga, too - is my sanity and my saviour. It's just finding the time to do it! — Jill Hennessy
Growing up, books were my lifeline, and I owe a debt to those writers that can never be repaid. They saved my sanity and gave… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Churchgoers all across the nation say the Holy Spirit has entered them. They claim that God has given them a supernatural ability to follow Christ,… — Francis Chan
Long ago they lowered insane persons into snake pits; they thought that an experience that might drive a sane person out of his wits might… — Mary Jane Ward
Prescription for Life-long Happiness: Purpose enough for satisfaction; Work enough for sustenance; Sanity enough to know when to play and rest; Wealth enough for basic… — Ernie J Zelinski
Sanity can take one of only two forms: that of ignorance, or denial. — Derek R. Audette
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world. — Laozi
The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity. — Nikki Giovanni
One means of sanity is to retain a hold on the natural world, ... Americans still have that chance, more than many peoples. — Wallace Stegner
Temporary madness may be necessary in some cases, to cleanse and renovate the mind; just as a fit of illness is to carry off the… — Augustus William Hare
Too many members of Congress are too involved in grabbing what they can for their states or districts without enough emphasis on overall fiscal restraint… — John Ensign
Doubt tempers belief with sanity. — Barbara Kruger
Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man,… — H P Lovecraft
As climbers, we need to sacrifice our comfort, our safety, and arguably our sanity, as a tithe to the mountain...We need the mountains but the… — Lincoln Hall
I am crazy as hell, but I know it. And knowing it is a kind of sanity that makes the sickness worse. — Anne Sexton
As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the… — George Bernard Shaw
Sanity ... had it ever been more than a convention -- a comfortable set of blinkers, an agreed mode of wishful thinking, which excluded from… — C.S. Lewis
Dogs change lives. Half Buddha, half Bozo, they keep us tethered to the earth, and teach us to fly. Our dogs are our sanity keepers. — Pam Houston
What is my proudest accomplishment? I went through some pretty difficult times, and I kept my sanity. — Bill Vaughan
Sanity brings pain but madness is a vile thing. — Euripides
The present mode of life on earth is madness, which is nontheless lethal for being legal. Rational existence is possible, but it calls for a… — Norman Cousins
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence. — Erich Fromm
Sanity is only that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought. — Erich Fromm
A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. — Robert Frost
If immigration reform passes, it'll be a big victory for sanity - nobody really believes it's healthy for a country to have millions and millions… — Gail Collins

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