Accepting Quote by Clifford Whittingham Beers

I had never been near insane persons before in my life, and had not the faintest idea of what their actions were like

— Nellie Bly

You can never just write off a person as crazy. I think that is the most inhumane thing you can do to someone without…

— Madeline Brewer

Even the most primitive of societies have an innate respect for the insane

— SE Hinton

“How do you get rational, well-respected people involved in your insanity? I mean is it something you taught yourself to do or is it…

— Shelly Laurenston

There are those to whom one must advise madness.

— Joseph Joubert

Do not proffer sympathy to the mentally ill; it is a bottomless pit. Tell them firmly, "I am not paid to listen to this…

— William S. Burroughs

Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune, Where there's no fear of greater ill to come.

— Ovid

Every human being should keep alive within them the sacred flame of madness, but should behave as a normal person.

— Paulo Coelho

To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives.

— Anonymous

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

— Hermann Hesse

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.

— Nora Ephron

“Sanity is actually a pretence, a way we learn to behave. We keep this pretence up because we don't want to be rejected by…

— Keith Johnstone