Life Quote by Yann Martel

“All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways.”

— Yann Martel

“Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Life without activity is not life, but something monstrous--a sort of phantom of life.”

— St. John of Kronstadt

“But I do know a kind of madness that lies low in the mind, half-buried in consciousness, which lives in parallel to sanity, and…

— Jenny Diski

“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“An intense life needs a touch of madness.”

— Paulo Coelho

“Madness is my life, the only aspect of living I’ve ever known.”

— Jessica Sorensen

“It’s madness to see life as it is and not how it should be.”

— Knight of the woeful countenance

“The details of life have a tendency to interfere with the actual living of life.”

— Richard Diaz

“There are those people who believe that life can be lived rationally, that we are in control of our deepest, most powerful emotions, that…

— John Kenney

“The greatest madness is to see life as it is, not as it should be.”

— Brad Barton

“I closed my eyes, adding dark to dark, and the wanting unfurled like the sails of a phantom ship. This could be my universe.…

— Alexis Hall