238 quotes found
“One of the better definitions of insanity - doing the exact same thing over and over and expecting the result to be different.”
“Do you know why you’re here? Shall I tell you why we brought you here? To cure you.To make you sane.”
“By all means. Swords have ever been the best servants of crazy men.”
“They look up at me and see a rich lady in maternity clothes. They don't realize I am one of them.”
“The materialist is sure that history has been simply and solely a chain of causation, just as the [lunatic] is quite sure that he is simply and solely a chicken. Materialists and madmen never have ...”
“When you realize that there's a name and a description for this condition that you thought was insanity, you've identified the problem, and now you can do something about it.”
“I was also supposed to quiz my various companions on a number of important matters such as nostalgia, fear of unknown animals, food fantasies, nocturnal emissions, hobbies, choice of radio program,...”
“A part of me expects more of my only sister....Dorothy has always been exactly who she is, and for me to hope for anything better reminds me of a quote attributed to Einstein: Insanity is doing the...”
“What slave work do you want me to do for you?” asked Diogenes when he had been bought.“Be a teacher to my children,” answered Xeniades with the insanity that matched the wisdom of Diogenes.”
“Are you insane?” she’d replied. “Yes.” Jeoff didn’t even bat an eye as he admitted it.-Arabella & Jeoff”
“True insanity, as frightening as it might be, gives a sort of obliviousness to the chaos in a life. People who commit suicide are struggling to order their existence, and when they see it's a losin...”
“Yes," Mustapha Mond was saying, "that's another item in the cost of stability. It isn't only art that's incompatible with happiness; it's also science. Science is dangerous; we have to keep it most...”
“A strong and brave heart isn’t enough. A true heart, no matter how much the truth hurts, is the strongest of all.”
“You have lost your mind,"Jamie said coldly, the shock receding slightly. "Or I should think you had, if ye had one to lose.”
“It's the essence of a degenerating mind periodically, to lose all sense of continuous self, and therefore any regard for what others think of your lack of continuity.”
“Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups parties nations and epochs it is the ru)e.”
“That he is mad 'tis true 'tis true 'tis pity And pity 'tis 'tis true.”
“Though this be madness yet there is method in 't.”
