Certainty Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

There's only one thing that can save a man from madness and that's uncertainty.

— Dmitry Glukhovsky

Madness might sometimes give access to a kind of knowledge. But was not a guarantee.

— Shirley Hazzard

[Friedrich] Nietzsche said something marvellous, he said "Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty", and this is fanaticism.

— Elie Wiesel

Would any thing but a madman complain of uncertainty? Uncertainty and expectation are joys of life; security is an insipid thing; and the overtaking…

— William Congreve

Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse.

— Jim Carrey

The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result.

— Albert Einstein

In an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity can be…

— Saul Bellow

Madness is confusion of levels of fact. . . . Madness is not seeing visions but confusing levels.

— William S. Burroughs

Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.

— Frank Herbert

What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them.

— Voltaire

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

— Edgar Allan Poe