152 quotes found
“I am drowning in negativism, self-hate, doubt, madness - and even I am not strong enough to deny the routine, the rote, to simplify. No, I go plodding on, afraid that the blank hell in back of my e...”
“There is madness in the every heart.”
“Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.”
“I studied mathematics which is the madness of reason.”
“They made us participate in their own madness,because we couldn't help but retrace their steps, rethink their thoughts, and see that none of them led to us.”
“To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is.”
“Silence, like madness, is only comparative.”
“How much violence, Marshal, do you think a man can carry before it breaks him?”
“A sworn sworn owes his liege our service and obedience, but this is madness.”
“I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.”
“During the earliest attacks of Fear and intense unreality, I sometimes uttered these unconscious and shocking words: 'I should prefer to escape into madness to avoid this consuming fear.' Alas, I d...”
“The madness of youth made me unafraid.”
“There is madness in youth, but sometimes a god inspires it.”
“Unlike mere medical or physical disorders, mental disorders are not just problems. If successfully navigated, they can also present opportunities. Simply acknowledging this can empower people to he...”
“What's the difference between sanity and madness anyway? We all play headgames with ourselves. We all have baggage. We all cope somehow. I'm not sure if I'm mad or sane. I mean, I hold my life toge...”
“We all talk to ourselves. Those we call mad just talk a little louder.”
“Sanity is a madness put to good uses.”
“Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.”
“He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace”
“So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness. Madness is the emergenc...”
