Absurdity Quote by Thomas Merton

I am beginning to realize that "sanity" is no longer a value or an end in itself. The "sanity" of modern man is about…

— Thomas Merton

Sanity remains defined simply by the ability to cope with insane conditions.

— Anna Castillo

Every sane person has to find every day some manner of accommodating the impossible, some way of covering up for the failures of the…

— Robert Boswell

“To some extent, sanity is a form of conformity. People are always selling the idea that people who have mental illness are suffering. But…

— Anonymous

Sanity means the wholeness of the consciousness. And our society is only part conscious, like an idiot.

— D. H. Lawrence

Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys one's equilibrium: it is unhealthy to honestly endure the labors of…

— Georges Bataille

You know, there are many people in the country today who, through no fault of their own, are sane. Some of them were born…

— Anonymous

Sanity is only that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought.

— Erich Fromm

Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths.

— Josephine Hart

Sanity is sometimes a matter of going on, outwardly, as if everything is all right.

— Mary McMullen

Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of extreme impulse, but the area in-between is very fuzzy.

— Chogyam Trungpa

Sanity is a small box; insanity is everything.

— Charles Manson