Citizens Quote by Norman Cousins

People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time

— Norman Cousins

Beneath the seemingly rational exterior of our lives is a fear of insanity. We dare not question the values by which we live or…

— Alexander Lowen

Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since life itself…

— Carl Jung

Madness is the first step towards unselfishness. Be mad and tell us what is behind the veil of "sanity". The purpose of life is…

— Khalil Gibran

Sanity is a handicap and liability if you're living in a mad world.

— Anthony Burgess

“The underlying notion of a world where the sane is insane”

— Erica Spindler

When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?

— Miguel de Cervantes

I wonder if being sane means disregarding the chaos that is life, pretending only an infinitesimal segment of it is reality.

— Rabih Alameddine

I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity…

— Chuck Palahniuk

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the…

— Marcus Aurelius

If in life we are surrounded by death, so too in the health of our intellect by madness.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.

— J. G. Ballard